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Pensar Enfermagem / v.28 n.sup / October 2024

DOI: 10.71861/pensarenf.v28iSup.355

Introduction

Due to its complexity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) requires people to adopt different

self-care behaviors. The domains of self-care: medication adherence, blood glucose testing,

barriers to self-care is crucial to controlling T2DM2.²

Objective

Identify the main barriers to self-care for people with T2DM.

statistics.

Results

Of the sample, 66.9% (n=244) reported barriers in at least one of the self-care domains.

Diet (58.5%) and physical activity (47.2%) were the most reported barriers. For diet,

psychological capability (lack of knowledge) accounted for 12.3%, and automatic motivation (lack

of will) for 22.7%. For physical activity, physical capability (pain, age) was the most frequently

mentioned barrier (21.4%), followed by the category of automatic motivation (lack of will) with

14.5%. In medication management (6.9%), psychological capability (forgetfulness) was reported

by 5.9%, and physical opportunity (access to the prescription) by 1.1%. In the self-monitoring

substantial, person-centered contribution to positively impacting the management and

metabolic control of T2DM.

Self-care; Type II Diabetes Mellitus; Barriers; Cross-Sectional Study; Behavior Change

Techniques.

References

1. Protheroe J, Rowlands G, Bartlam B, Levin-Zamir D. Health literacy, diabetes

prevention, and self-management. J Diabetes Res [Internet] 2017 [cited 2024 07 26];

characterising and designing behaviour change interventions. Implementation S