Education in Diabetes Mellitus for blood glucose self-monitoring: a quasi-experimental study

• Autor(a) principal: Baptista,Marcelo Henrique Barbosa
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Dourado,Fernanda Cristina, Gomides,Danielle dos Santos, Teixeira,Carla Regina de Souza, Freitas,Maria Cristina Foss de, Pace,Ana Emilia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000601601
• topic: Diabetes Mellitus; Health Education; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; Self-Care; Nursing Care

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the contributions of an educational program for capillary blood glucose self-monitoring. Method: a quasi-experimental study performed in an outpatient unit of a tertiary health care service in a sample of 25 people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, from July 2016 to December 2017, developed through interactive tools for care with capillary blood glucose self-monitoring. Results: among the items of capillary blood glucose self-monitoring that showed improvement after participation in the educational program, the most noteworthy are the “postprandial blood glucose values” (p=0.0039), “Interpretation of capillary blood glucose results with meals and medications” (p=0.0156), “recognition of the ‘weakness’ symptom for hyperglycemia” (p=0.0386) and “administration of medications correctly” for hyperglycemia prevention (p=0.0063). Conclusion: the study made it possible to recognize the main characteristics of blood glucose self-monitoring that may contribute to the care for the person with diabetes.