Avaliação dos fatores interferentes na adesão ao tratamento do cliente portador de pé diabético

Difficulties Found By Persons Living With Diabetes Mellitus: A Quantitative Analysis

“…In the variable "professionals involved in diet orientation", respondents report that 29% (29) people were attended by a nutritionist and 30% (30) people per doctor. Health education is a set of knowledge and practices aimed at disease prevention and health promotion that must be used effectively, since education is humanizing.…”

“…Therefore, diabetic foot can cause great losses to the client, from restrictions on their daily and professional activities, low self-esteem, psychological damages, greater need of family support, financial expenses with their treatment and hospitalizations [29].…”

Quality of life for venous ulcer patients: a comparative study in Brazil/Portugal

“…Low levels of education were prevalent with 90% in Portugal, even though it is a first--world country. Some research demonstrates that most patients have low levels of education which hinders their access to information, assimilation of relevant healthcare habits (especially those regarding lesions), changes in behavior and household habits, or understanding the education for prevention they receive (12,13) . As for the participants' occupations, it was found that in Portugal most of the participants (84.3%) were not employed (p=0.001), while in Brazil, 56% said they were employed.…”

Conhecimento do enfermeiro sobre a prevenção do pé diabético: revisão integrativa da literatura

“…Para o estudo, identificou-se que as dificuldades enfrentadas pelos enfermeiros para empregar as atividades de prevenção influenciaram negativamente no planejamento das ações, na educação em saúde e na adesão ao tratamento. Revela-se ainda que os problemas na adesão ao tratamento consistem em inúmeros fatores, tais como: a baixa escolaridade, o nível socioeconômico, o déficit de conhecimento acerca da doença e obstáculos para o acesso ao serviço de saúde (34) . Dessa forma, a partir da realidade vivenciada pela equipe de saúde frente à demanda de serviços e de escassos recursos materiais, surge a necessidade de implementar medidas que proporcionem a melhoria da assistência e prevenção de complicações da neuropatia diabética, que podem reduzir os gastos públicos e demais procedimentos cirúrgicos (desbridamentos e amputações (35) .…”