Objective: to verify characteristics related to self-care and clinical parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: descriptive and exploratory, cross-sectional study, conducted with 173 patients assisted in 12 Family Health Units in the urban area of a city in the Northeast region of Brazil. Results: most participants (61.3%) were female, aged less than 60 years old. There were significant di...
Objetivo: verificar características relacionadas ao autocuidado e aos parâmetros clínicos em pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2. Métodos: estudo descritivo-exploratório, de corte transversal, realizado com 173 pacientes assistidos em 12 unidades de saúde da família da zona urbana de uma cidade da região nordeste do Brasil. Resultados: a maioria (61,3%) era mulher, na faixa etária igual ou superior a 60 anos...
Objective: to verify characteristics related to self-care and clinical parameters in patients with type 2diabetes mellitus. Methods: descriptive and exploratory, cross-sectional study, conducted with 173 patients assisted in 12 Family Health Units in the urban area of a city in the Northeast region of Brazil. Results: most participants (61.3%) were female, aged less than 60 years old. There were significant dif...
The anthropometric measures of 295 workers of a hospital of Fortaleza-CE were analyzed in order to accomplish the present research. It was made a transversal study on the basis of form, contemplating social-economic information and the following parameters: Body Mass Index (BMI), waist-hip relation (WHR) and Abdominal circumference (AM). It was verified that 63.4% of the sample was composed by women; the ages v...
This study investigates risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in a population of children in public schools, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. A total of 727 children aged 6 to 11 years old from 12 schools were evaluated between March and June 2008. A form addressing socio- demographic data, body mass index, blood pressure, capillary blood glucose and waist circumference was applied. A total of 54.1% of the children w...
This study aims to investigate the risk factors for type 2 diabetes in a population of public schools children of Fortaleza. A transverse study was made from March to June 2008, with 727 6 to 11 yars-old children from twelve public schools. A form was used to register personal data and the anthropometric evaluated mesures. The data was typed three times and analyzed in accord with a specific literatura and also...
This study investigates risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in a population of children in public schools, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. A total of 727 children aged 6 to 11 years old from 12 schools were evaluated between March and June 2008. A form addressing socio-demographic data, body mass index, blood pressure, capillary blood glucose and waist circumference was applied. A total of 54.1% of the children we...
Educação em saúde possibilita capacitação e ações transformadoras que favorecem mudança de pensamentos e ações, se aplicando bem às doenças crônicas, dentre as quais, destaca-se o diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DM2). Assim, objetivou-se identificar as estratégias de educação em saúde voltadas aos portadores de DM2 contidas em artigos disponíveis nos bancos de dados MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF e SciELO, no período de 1997...
Health education enables empowerment and transforming actions which favor the change of thoughts and individuals’ actions, being well applied to chronic diseases, among which, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is highlighted. Thus, the aim of this research was to identify the strategies of health education directed to type 2 DM carriers kept in articles available in the MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF and SciELO from 1997 t...
Analisaram-se as medidas antropométricas de 295 trabalhadores de um hospital de Fortaleza-CE. Estudo transversal que utilizou formulário, contemplando informações sócio-econômicas e os seguintes parâmetros: Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC), Relação Cintura-Quadril (RCQ) e Circunferência Abdominal (CA). Verificou-se que 63,4% eram mulheres; as idades variaram de 19 a 55 anos e 62,7% tinham menos de 35 anos. A prev...