Abstract

CONTRERAS OROZCO, Astrid et al. Self-care capacity of diabetic patients attending to external consultation. Sincelejo, Colombia. Investig. andina [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.26, pp.667-678. ISSN 0124-8146.

Introduction: the main goal of this study was to determinate the self-care capacity of diabetic patients attending the external consultation of a Public Health-care provider Institution of Sincelejo. Methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 27 patients selected by a simple random sampling. It was applied the Appraisal of Self-care Agency Scale which includes four categories: very low, low, regular and good self-care capacity. Results: the age of the patients ranged from 45 to 75 years, 81.48% of them dedicates to household work and informal jobs. The 88.9% was in the regular category of self-care capacity, with a predominance of the latter in each of the dimensions, with means between 2.70 to 3.33, and was found marked deficiencies in the areas of activity and rest, personal welfare and modification of feeding habits. Conclusions: difficulties were evident in aspects related to social support, personal welfare, exercise, educational support, food consumption and facing of problematic situations; so it is necessary to implement integral care models to improve the health staff interaction with patients and strengthen the self-care capacity.

Keywords : Self-Care; Outpatients; Diabetes; Nursing.

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