EVALUATION OF THE EMOTIONAL ASPECTS AND SELF-CARE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH DIABETES MELLITUS

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  • Dandara de Fátima Ribeiro Bendelaque
  • Dayara de Nazaré Rosa de Carvalho
  • Stelacelly Coelho Toscano Silveira
  • Fabianne de Jesus Dias de Sousa
  • Mariseth Carvalho de Andrade
  • Viviane Ferraz Ferreira de Aguiar

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https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v29i0.94954

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Elderly, Diabetes Mellitus, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self-care, Mental Health.

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Objective: To evaluate the emotional aspects and self-care of elderly people with Diabetes Mellitus.

Method: a descriptive, exploratory, and quantitative study with 105 elderly people from an outpatient clinic in a hospital located in the city of Belém-Pará, Brazil, carried out between July and September 2022. The following questionnaires were used: sociodemographic, economic, and clinical data; problem areas in Diabetes; and Diabetes self-care activities. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) and inferential analysis using the following tests: Chi-square, and the G-adherence test.

Results: low emotional distress was found in items: nine (p = 0.0001), ten to twenty (p<0.0001), and good adherence to self-care in the domains of general nutrition (p<0.0001), specific nutrition (p<0.0001), foot care and medication (p<0.0001).

Conclusion: The findings can be linked to adequate guidance on daily care, contributing to the perception of the emotional condition and its relationship with self-care.

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16-04-2024

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Bendelaque, D. de F. R., Carvalho, D. de N. R. de, Silveira, S. C. T., Sousa, F. de J. D. de, Andrade, M. C. de, & Aguiar, V. F. F. de. (2024). EVALUATION OF THE EMOTIONAL ASPECTS AND SELF-CARE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH DIABETES MELLITUS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 29. https://doi.org/10.1590/ce.v29i0.94954

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