Análise de parâmetros quantitativos antes e após intervenções educativas em grupos realizadas com idosos portadores de diabetes melito e hipertensão arterial

Abstract

Chronic non-communicable diseases are considered a public health problem and are the cause about 41 million deaths each year. In this context, the realization of operative groups is seen as an educational and preventive strategy within the scope of Primary Health Care. The objective of this work was to evaluate food consumption and anthropometric and biochemical data before and after the development of educational groups for people with hypertension arterial and diabetes mellitus accompanied by the Health Center School Jaraguá, in Uberlândia - MG. A non-randomized clinical trial, with a quantitative approach, was carried out between April and August 2019. The sample consisted in 10 patients with diabetes and / or hypertension, aged over 60 years. The intervention was carried out through group educational workshops, which dealt with topics related to healthy eating and changing habits, and took place once a month for five months. The results showed some variations in clinical data and food consumption, however, these differences were not significant, which can be explained by some factors, such as the study intervention time. However, it is important to highlight that group activities are fundamental for the promotion of users' health and for the development of their autonomy in relation to health. It is concluded that, after the educational strategies were carried out, the participants showed occasional changes in the aspects that were analyzed, however, these were not statistically significant.