Knowledge and attitude of patients with diabetes mellitus in Primary Health Care

• Main Authors: Suelen Cordeiro Assunção (Author), Alisson Pereira Fonseca (Author), Marise Fagundes Silveira (Author), Antônio Prates Caldeira (Author), Lucinéia de Pinho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2177-9465; 10.1590/2177-9465-ean-2017-0208
• Keywords: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Knowledge; Attitude to Health; Primary Health Care; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Escola Anna Nery, Vol 21, Iss 4 (2017)

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the knowledge and attitude of patients with diabetes mellitus in Primary Health Care and associated factors. Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative and analytical study with 353 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Family Health Strategy units. The Knowledge and Psychological Attitudes Questionnaires were used for data collection, as well as a script with sociodemographic, economic and clinical data. Results: The majority of the population was female (73.1%), aged more than 50 years (81.5%), diagnosed for more than five years (54.9%) and with a per capita income of up to half a minimum wage (59.3%). The scores of knowledge and attitude were low. Age (p = 0.001) and level of education (p = 0.002) were variables associated with knowledge about diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: Users had a low level of knowledge about diabetes, indicating an unsatisfactory result in self-care and mainly a negative attitude towards coping with this disease.