Effectiveness of Self-care Rests on Knowledge, Self-care and Cardiometabolic Control of Adult Men With Diabetes Mellitus

Effectiveness of Self-care Rests on Knowledge, Self-care and Cardiometabolic Control of Adult Men With Diabetes Mellitus

This research project has the main objective to analyze the benefits of self-care supported for adult men with Diabetes Mellitus. Treat yourself will randomized-controlled clinical study, randomized cluster to be developed with men aged between 40 and 70 years who have type 2 diabetes and are registered with the Health Strategy teams of the Municipality of Family Maringa. The recruited subjects will be randomly allocated into two groups: intervention group and control group. In the first, individuals will participate in a self-care intervention supported by a nurse, based on supported self-care and behavior change protocol; and second, individuals participate in conversation circles and will have the assistance normally provided by health services. The follow-up will take place for six months and will be collected information: socioeconomic, demographic, behavioral health, complications, laboratory and anthropometric. It is intended, through this study, demonstrate the effectiveness of this type of intervention, user-centric, on the health of men with DM, reinforcing this option of choice for professionals and users within the Primary Health Care (PHC).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having medical diagnosis of DM2;
• Being male;
• Age between 20 and 59 years;
• Is domiciled in the city of Maringa in the FHS coverage area; Being part of the ESF families register.
• Being able to answer the questions of data collection instruments;
• Relate visual ability , hearing and locomotor to perform self-care;
• Have telephone contact (mobile or fixed) for monitoring the program.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Present lesions in target organs (brain, heart, kidneys, eyes) or comorbidities/complications resulting from diabetes, recorded in medical records, such as chronic renal failure;
• Have psychological or other disorders , registered in the medical records, and that compromise the understanding of the study, who do not agree or do not have availability to participate in the intervention;
• Moving to another location that does not have coverage of the ESF, or even to another city.