Competência para o autocuidado na administração de insulina por idosos septuagenários ou mais de idade

• Autor(a) principal: Vianna, Mayara Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Silva, Patrícia Aparecida Barbosa, Nascimento, Cíntia Vieira do, Soares, Sônia Maria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por; spa
• Título da fonte: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rlae/article/view/140869
• topic: Insulin; Elderly; Self-administration; Diabetes Mellitus; Nursing; Insulina; Edad Avanzada; Auto-administración; Diabetes Mellitus; Enfermería; Insulina; Idosos; Autoadministração; Diabetes Mellitus; Enfermagem

Objective: to analyze the self-care competence in the administration of insulin performed by older people aged 70 or over. Method: cross-sectional study carried out with 148 older people aged 70 or over, who performed self-administration of insulin. Data collection was carried out using a structured questionnaire and an adapted guide for the application of the Scale to Identify Self-Care Competence of Patients with Diabetes, at the participants’ home. Data analysis included descriptive and inferential statistical tests, with forward logistic regression. Results: the prevalence of self-care competence in the administration of insulin was 35.1%. Handwashing error was the most frequent in self-administration of insulin. Self-care competence was negatively associated with retirees and positively associated with senior patients who performed capillary blood glucose monitoring and skin pinching during insulin application. Conclusion: there was low self-care competence and it was associated with both the sociodemographic and the clinical characteristics with regard to self-application of insulin by the older people.