GRUPO OPERATIVO COMO ESTRATÉGIA DE AUTOCUIDADO PARA PORTADORES DE DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO 2

Abstract

Objective: To know the perception of diabetes on the pathology, treatment and self-care before and after the implementation of an operating group. Methods: This is a descriptive study, longitudinal qualitative study conducted with patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus registered in team coverage area 07 of the Health Unit Family 712 South in Palmas, Tocantins, who had three or more operating group meetings with support. The group had five meetings in the period from May to August 2015. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews before and after the implementation of the operative group. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Ceulp-Ulbra under report number 1063446. Results and Discussion: Seventeen diabetic people agreed to participate in the research. Nine of these participants took part to three or more operating group meetings. The speeches were analyzed based on content analysis that gave the following categories: Knowledge about the disease, change in lifestyle, found difficulty to keep on the treatment and feelings about the disease. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the implementation of the operative group realized from playful, dialogic and participatory approaches, with the encouragement of listening, reflection and questioning of the user reality, that provided to diabetics a better understanding of their health-disease process, incorporating significant changes in behavior to improve the quality of life.