Projeto de intervenção para aumentar a Adesão ao Tratamento dos pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus em posto de saúde Morro da Cruz. Sabará - Minas Gerais

Abstract

Over the past few years, Diabetes Mellitus has become the fastest growing NCD, becoming classified as epidemiological according to WHO, affecting 366 million individuals worldwide. This disease is characterized by a dysfunction that causes partial or even total impairment of insulin action, and the individual may present micro and / or macrovascular complications; however, there is the possibility of controlling and preventing these complications if there is a multiprofessional and periodic treatment. The objective is to elaborate an intervention plan to reduce the morbidity and mortality due diabetes mellitus and its complications in the population of Morro da Cruz in the city of Sabará. Develop a method for population education, a service structure and strategies for changing the habits and lifestyles of the population. Evaluate the results of the intervention project, which requires the monitoring of the corresponding indicators. After an analysis the points to be discussed in a collective and didactic way with educational lectures were detected and finally the questionnaire was reapplied for a final consideration. The findings suggest the fundamental importance of nutritional education so that patients can achieve an improvement in the self-control of the disease. All the results found that with the education being carried out by a qualified professional the quality of life of the patients improves considerably, being thus realized the promotion to the health.