 Self‐care competence in the case of Brazilian patients with diabetes mellitus in a multiprofessional educational programmeCamila AP Landim, Maria L Zanetti, Manoel A Santos, Thiago AM Andrade and Carla RS Teixeira Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2011, vol. 20, issue 23‐24, 3394-3403 Abstract: Aim. To compare self‐care competencies in the physical, cognitive and emotional and motivational dimensions of patients with diabetes mellitus before and after participation in an educational programme. Background. Diabetes mellitus is mainly characterised by a dysfunction of glucose metabolism. The growth of diabetes mellitus as a chronic condition requires continuous management and requires health services to implement care strategies. Diabetes education and self‐care competence have been recognised over the last few decades as essential for patients with diabetes mellitus to achieve positive treatment results. Design. A prospective, comparative study was used. Methods. A total of patients with 43 diabetes mellitus participated in this study, before and after a four‐month educational programme on diabetes held in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil in 2009. Data were collected through the Scale to Identify diabetes mellitus Patients’ Self‐Care Competence [Escala para Identificação da Competência do Portador de diabetes mellitus para o Autocuidado] at two points in time: at the beginning (T1) and at the end (T2) of the programme. Linear mixed effects models were used (p Date: 2011 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:20:y:2011:i:23-24:p:3394-3403 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal of Clinical Nursing from John Wiley & Sons |
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