A autoeficácia da insulinoterapia em portadores de Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a heterogeneous group of metabolic disorders that have in common hyperglycemia. Diabetics under treatment with insulin therapy must embrace responsibility of the control and management of their condition on a daily basis; in this context the congnitive theory of self efficacy (SE) proposed by Bandura can be considered a decisive factor in achieving behavioral goals of diabtes, resulting in improvements to self-care and glycemic control. The research here presented aimed to analyse the self efficacy to the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 in insulin therapy and its correlaton with sociodemographic and clinical variables. To that end, we conducted and analytical study of cross-sectional, with quantitative approach and sample consisting on 134 patients with DM type 1 and 2 in insulin therapy at University Hospital's Endocrinology Clinic - Unit President Dutra (HUUPD) of São Luís-MA. For data collection, we used two instruments: identification data with open and closed questions related to sociodemographic and clinical variables and the Insulin Management Diabetes Self Efficacy (IMDSES), Brazilian version. The search resulted 3.07 global media, on the scale of self efficacy, the areas that stood out with the highest and lowest average respectively were the general management domain (3.38) and the diet field (2.90). We have found the following significant correlations: marital status (widowed had more SE in the diet), education (the higher the education, the better the SE in the management, control and correction of glycemia), treatment with diet and insulin (higher SE in the diet), absence of dyslipidemia (increased SE to the overall management of diabtes) and age (higher SE for older in the diet). It was concluded that there are factors relates to socioeconomic and clinical features that interfare in self efficacy of patients with Diabetes mellitus type 1 e 2 in insulin therapy, against the desease.