Factors associated with self-care in diabetic patients

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes is a disease that affects the world population, and older adults are the most likely to suffer from it, as a consequence of stress levels and poor eating habits that they led throughout their productive lives. That is why the: Objective of this research is to describe the factors associated with self-care in diabetic patients. Materials and methods: Documentary research. Cohort studies that analyzed diagnosis and timely treatment in the self-care of diabetic patients in electronic databases, such as Porta Scielo, PubMed, Medline PLUS, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science, from 2015 to 2020, were included. Self-care measures They are skills that individuals practice to maintain their health, especially when there is an underlying pathology that puts their state of health and well-being in general at risk. Result: Diabetes is a complicated disease, it requires constant vigilance, knowledge of the disease and the support of various health specialists, most of the care and control must be provided by the patient himself. It is important that patients not only perceive the damage or the severity of the lack of self-care, which can influence the adequate control of diabetes mellitus, but that they are provided through health education, strategies that facilitate in them the learning skills that allow them to perceive the benefits of adopting healthy lifestyles. Conclusions: the basic health team plays an important role in carrying out actions that facilitate self-care in diabetic patients, which can be a way for people to make serious decisions regarding the maintenance of an adequate state of their health. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out programs that develop the adequate adjustment of expectations, defined objectives, the adequate management of reinforcement, the increase in the feeling of self-efficacy, self-control, and that provide alternatives that favor optimal self-care.