Knowledge about diabetes in patients hospitalized for heart disease: a descriptive research

Abstract

Aim: To assess the knowledge of patients hospitalized for cardiovascular co-morbidities in diabetes mellitus (DM), and its relationship to the confrontation and attitudes towards the disease. Method: This was a prospective cross-sectional study, conducted in the inpatient unit with cardiac patients affected by DM. Their level of knowledge about diabetes was assessed using the Diabetes Knowledge Scale (DKN-A) and the psychological and emotional aspects were assessed by use of the Diabetes Attitudes Questionnaire (ATT-19). Results: We included 220 patients with 63.0 ± 9.4 years, of which 119 (54.1%) were male. The punctuation of the scores ≥ eight in DKN-A was found in 55 patients (25%), and a score ≥ 60 on ATT-19 occurred in 37 patients (17.7%). Discussion: The patients who presented with relatively good knowledge about DM had a score of ≥ eight; those individuals who had a score ≥ 60 on the scale ATT-19 had an appropriate response to the disease. Conclusion: The patients generally had a low level of knowledge of DM and had difficulty in coping with the disease.

Aspectos emocionais e autocuidado de pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 em Terapia Renal Substitutiva

“…The time of diagnosis of DM was greater than 10 years in 46.30% of the patients, as well as in other studies (SILVA et al, 2013;SNOEK et al, 2000). Pace et al (2006) studied 659 patients with DM2, most of them were men and the average disease time was greater than ten years.…”

Conhecimento sobre o diabetes e atitude para o autocuidado de idosos na atenção primária à saúde

“…The lack of knowledge of the term ketone may be related to the lack of use of this word in the daily dialogue between health professionals and people with diabetes, which is translated by the difficulty of interpreting the word by the elderly interviewed. A study performed with individuals with diabetes and cardiopathy obtained a similar result when evaluating the main questions related to self-care, among which, besides ketonuria, hypoglycemia management obtained a lower score 20 . In this casuistry, the results are even more of concern, since most of the respondents are unaware of the management of hypoglycemia and do not know how to identify the causes of its occurrence.…”

Educational strategies with adolescents at risk from diabetes type 2: comparative study

“…Other research found that, regarding behavior, the scores ranged from 25 to 71, suggesting difficulty in coping with the disease (10) . There is a need for the development of programs and educational strategies that provide a learning space for the individual (13) . In this context, the school plays an important role in the formation of healthy habits on the part of adolescents (14) .…”