Plano de intervenção para melhorar o controle dos pacientes com diabetes mellitus na UBS Samambaia

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is considered a disease caused by a deficiency of production and / or action of insulin, leading to acute symptoms and highly disabling chronic complications for carrying out daily and productive activities of individuals. Despite the introduction of new drugs and better understanding of this clinical entity in recent years, the control of this disease is unsatisfactory in most of the population. At the situational diagnosis, it was observed that there is a high prevalence of patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus in UBS Samambaia. The objective of this work is to develop an action plan to improve the control of patients with diabetes mellitus in the UBS Samambaia, MG. Literature with search material was held in the Ministry of Health documents, journals indexed in Virtual Health Library (VHL) and database Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) using descriptors such as diabetes mellitus, prevention and control, complications. With the application of the methodology of the Strategic Health Planning (PES) drew up a proposal for educational intervention to confront and resolve the main problem of the sector. It is believed that the preventive activities undertaken as part of the design have the potential to improve patient quality of life, decreasing the risk for complications and hospitalization unnecessary.