Qualidade de vida e aspectos socioeconômicos em diabéticos tipo 1

Abstract

The QL of the searched patients has been less than what several publications have showed, but additional researches are necessary to have better comparisons between diabetics with socio-economical and cultural conditions similar to the ones observed in this research.

Self-esteem in patients with diabetes mellitus and foot ulcers

“…It is known that the prognosis for patients with DM and heart disease is poorer than is that for DM patients without heart disease, as are short-term survival and treatment response; it is also known that the former group of patients are at a higher risk of recurrence [18].…”

Socioeconomic And Demographic Profile Of Children And Adolescents With Chronic Disease: Integrative Literature Review

“…The level of parental education was also highlighted in the findings of this review, some authors [3] report in the results of their research that this variable did not influence the prevalence of chronic diseases or quality of life [13].…”

“…Another study conducted at the Clinic of Endocrinology of the Hospital of the UFG and General Hospital of Goiania, with 84 adolescents with diabetes type 1, was found that 22.5% of adolescents had occupation and already working to supplement the family income. Moreover, while the per capita monthly income do not have significant influence on glycemic control of these, the prevalence of 78% of patients with income below half the minimum wage that had metabolic inadequacy suggests that financial constraints may be reinforcing this context [13].…”

“…The findings showed that the factors that influence the worsening of quality of life are: female, adult, diagnostic time or equal to ten years and low family income. As for the factors that does not intervene significantly in quality of life are: education, occupation, ethnicity, body mass index, number of daily insulin injections and monitoring of blood glucose profile [13].…”

Qualidade de vida de idosos com diabetes mellitus

“…Este fato pode ser decorrente de fatores psicológicos ou de outroscomo educação, conhecimento sobre a doença, tipo de assistência, uso de insulina, idade, complicações, nível social etc (8) . Em relação aos idosos com DM e sua QV observa-se que a doença apresenta impacto sobre a vitalidade, a saúde mental (2) e componentes físicos, os custos do manejo, como a dieta alimentar, as medicações e, principalmente, o automonitoramento, podem comprometer o tratamento e a QV (10) . Diante do aumento da expectativa de vida e da maior incidência do DM entre os idosos, delineou-se o objetivo deste estudo tendo-se como recorte a renda individual, a escolaridade e as incapacidades funcionais.…”