Autorrelato da saúde de pacientes com tuberculose e diabetes: contribuição ao manejo integrado das comorbidades

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the self-report of the health of patients with tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus and identify the manifestation of symptoms of comorbidities, the search for care and diagnostic tests, aiming to contribute to advances in the implementation of integrated management between them. Methods: descriptive, quantitative, analytical study, carried out in the city of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data were collected through telephone contact to people with diabetes, already diagnosed, distributed in 10 family health teams in the municipality; and to people with tuberculosis undergoing treatment, identified in the Notifiable Diseases Information System. Results: telephone calls were made to 411 patients with diabetes, with 159 respondents; of the 72 patients with tuberculosis, only 16 responded to the calls. During self-report, 34% of patients with concomitant diabetes and cough were identified, mostly women, 72%; Among patients with tuberculosis, 37% had fasting glucose in the last three months, 12% had self-reported diabetes. Conclusion: the integrated management of tuberculosis and diabetes has been a recommendation of the World Health Organization since 2011. Knowing the health status of these patients is necessary in order to contribute to facing the problem. Nursing has an important role in the propagation and recognition of the specificities of this care.