Educational intervention: Implementation of self-care agency and adherence therapy from the perspective of diabetic patients

Abstract

Orem defines self-care as a regulatory function of man that people deliberately made for them to maintain life, health, development and wellbeing. Objective: to identify whether the perspective of the patient has about diabetes after participating in an educational intervention influences the implementation of recommendations and adherence to selfcare. A descriptive, quasi-experimental methodological triangulation.Sample of 200 patients, divided into intervention and control group. Educational intervention of 12 sessions and focus groups to interviews, was happened in 2012. Results: demographic homogeneous,index of self-care and adherence to treatment no significant differences initially,means and medians higher in the intervention group self-care agency and post-treatment adherence intervention. In conclusion, there were changing attitudes to preserve the welfare of the participants, increased health responsibility, generation of new knowledge in nutrition and attitude change in the intake of medicines.