Impacto da educação em saúde na mudança de hábitos dos pacientes diabéticos

Abstract

The carrying patient of Not Transmissible Chronic Illness, in special diabetes mellitus, the majority of the cases, suffers consequentes agravos from the illness due to lack of cares proceeding from the disinformation. It enters the agravos most common in these patients is the diabetic foot, that can lead to the amputation. Being this a very painful process, observing physical pain and the psychological one, what it takes the patient to suffer and to enter in a depressive picture that can compromise its physical recovery. This work had as objective to elaborate a project intervention of education on the risks and agravos of the Diabetes Mellitus, being modified the style of life of the diabetic patients with this illness in the Basic Unit of Balneal Health, in the city of Counting. For the construction of this work a literature revision was carried through, together with a project of intervention of education on the risks and agravos of diabetes, followed of reflection concerning the performance of the teams of Strategy of Health of the Family. It is important that the diabetic patient in such a way finds support in the family how much in the professionals who take care of of its health. These professionals will be responsible for taking information on the education in health and as these knowledge can prevent the agravos and improve the quality of life.