ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Evaluate the effectiveness of a diabetes mellitus educational program in primary health care. METHODS This cluster randomized trial was conducted in a sample of 470 people with type 2 diabetes mellitus from eight health units, randomly assigned to two groups: intervention (n = 231) and control (n = 239). The intervention group participated in the educational program composed of three strategi...
ABSTRACT Objective: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of telephone-based support for the metabolic control of elderly patients with diabetes mellitus. Method: a pragmatic study was conducted in two groups, called G1 (n=36) and G2 (n=27), at a health unit from the countryside of São Paulo state. Patients in G1 group received telephone support over four months, through 16 telephone contacts w...
O estudo analisou fatores de risco para complicações em pés de pessoas com diabetes em Unidade Ambulatorial. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevista semi-estruturada, avaliação de pés e exames laboratoriais. Os riscos tiveram a análise segundo Zavala e Braver e Sistema de Classificação do Consenso Internacional sobre Pé Diabético, mediante estatística descritiva. Nos resultados, a idade média foi 53,3±13 ...