Care for Patients with Type II Diabetes in Primary Care
Sávia Denise Silva Carlotto Herrera *
Universidade de Gurupi – UnirG, Brazil.
Anna Carolina Lacerda Guedes
Universidade de Gurupi – UnirG, Brazil.
Neilton Araujo de Oliveira
Universidade Federal do Tocantins - UFT Brazil.
Marcos Gontijo da Silva
Universidade Federal do Tocantins - UFT Brazil.
Júlio Cezar Castro de Souza Júnior
Universidade de Gurupi – UnirG, Brazil.
Rayssa Cláudia Oliveira Duarte
Universidade de Gurupi – UnirG, Brazil.
Warly Neves Araújo
Universidade de Gurupi – UnirG, Brazil.
Rafaela de Carvalho Alves
Universidade de Gurupi – UnirG, Brazil.
Janne Marques da Silveira
Universidade de Gurupi – UnirG, Brazil.
Yuniel Martínez Hernández
Universidade de Gurupi – UnirG, Brazil.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the influence of Medical Residency Program Health in Family and Community (MRPHFC) on the quality of care and prevention of type II diabetes mellitus (DM II) provided by basic health units (BHU) in Gurupi-TO.
Methodology: Descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective research carried out in 12 BHU in the urban area of Gurupi-TO, to compare the primary care provided in the BHU that have the medical residency program, with those who do not have the program, through of the QualiAB 2016 tool that evaluates the conduct of the servers, 107 medical health professionals, nurses, nursing technicians and community health agents were surveyed, 61 in BHU with MRPFCH and 46 without. The data were tested by the chi-square test to verify if there is a difference in the service considering p≤5% or 0.05.
Results: The BHU with MRPFCH performance presented more significant results in most of the items studied.
Conclusion: The presence of MRPFCH programs contributes significantly to quality improvement in preventive care that is extremely important in the prevention and management of chronic comorbidities in patients with DM II.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, primary health care, health personnel, family Health.