title: [Perceptions of people with diabetes about the disease: nursing contributions].
abstract: This study aimed to identify the perceptions of patients concerning diabetes. This is a descriptive exploratory study with a qualitative approach, which was conducted with 32 subjects, in a hospital in the city of Belem-PA, Brazil. The thematic content analysis was used, from which four categories emerged: Diabetes control: nursing in the self-monitoring of blood glucose; The diabetic individual and nursing: an interaction with self-care; Nursing consultations provided to diabetic individuals: an intervention in the health-disease continuum; Diabetes and its complications: fear of loosing functioning. It was observed that patients start self-care driven by the fear of losing their health, that is, fear forces the patient to practice self-care. Nurses are directly linked to diabetes control as they start providing care and guidance for patients who self-monitor their disease.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Enfermagem (Graduanda). Belém-PA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Miriam de Oliveira
authors.initials: Mde O
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: Mirian Rose Franco
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Sílvio Éder Dias
authors.initials: SÉ
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012648:Self Care