“…The developers of this taxonomy value studies aiming at validating and improving its diagnoses in specific populations and contexts in order to increasingly improve the taxonomy, by the recognition of altered human responses, thereby contributing to a more effective nursing care (Herdman & Kamitsuru, 2017). Teixeira, Tsukamoto, Lopes, and Silva (2017) found in their study risk factors of unstable blood glucose level in people with type 2 diabetes that are not listed in the current version of the NANDA-I classification, such as age, black race, delayed diagnosis of diabetes, daytime sleepiness, macroalbuminuria, genetic polymorphisms, use of insulin, use of oral antidiabetic drugs, use of metoclopramide, inadequate physical activity, and low fasting glucose.…”