Fatores que orientam o comportamento de tutores de cães diabéticos na adesão ao tratamento

Abstract

The objective of this article is to identify values that determine the adherence of tutors to the treatment of dogs diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus in the city of Uberlândia.. The precepts of the theoretical research based on open coding were used, which enabled the use of data obtained from clinical anamnesis of patients from the HV-UFU endocrinology department. It used precepts of the theoretical reference and the research evidenced the importance of identifying difficulties related to the pillars of diabetes mellitus treatment: feeding, insulin therapy, physical exercises and monitoring.