Social representations of low-income diabetic women according to the health-disease process.

The purpose of this article is to identify the social representations of low-income diabetic women according to the health-disease process. This is a descriptive, exploratory study. Eight participants, all of them patients at a basic health unit in Ribeirão Preto, were interviewed in 2003.

[The care for the diabetic patient and family repercussion].

This study aimed to understand the repercussions in the family of the care offered after the implementation of a diabetes education program. We interviewed six relatives of diabetes patients from a university center in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil, in 2007. Thematic data analysis made it possible to identify three themes: relatives recognize that the Center constitutes a differential for adherence to the food plan, physical activity and medication; the Center is acknowledged as an educative space to get together and control diabetes; the patient as an element that multiplies and expands the knowledge about diabetes in the family.

Feelings of women after the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

Descriptive and exploratory study with the objective of knowing feelings and emotional reactions of women after the diagnosis of diabetes. Data were collected at a primary health care unit in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil, through a semi-structured interview. Thematic content analysis was used for interpreting the data.

Difficulties of diabetic patients in the illness control: feelings and behaviors.

This study aimed to identify difficulties diabetic patients face during treatment in controlling the disease. A total of 24 diabetic patients, attended in the Nurse Educational Center for Adults and Elders in 2003, participated in the study. The data was collected individually, through a written report guided by a question previously elaborated, on a pre-scheduled date.

Satisfaction of diabetes patients under follow-up in a diabetes education program.

This study aimed to describe the satisfaction of diabetes patients, using the information received and the care offered after the implementation of the health educational program called Staged Diabetes Management (SDM), in April 2005, at a University Research and Extension Center in Ribeirão Preto - SP. Patient satisfaction was assessed through a satisfaction questionnaire, applied to 54 diabetes patients who participated in the program during 12 months. The patients reported that the information received during the program attended their needs; of the 54 patients, 59.

[Eating behavior among type 2 diabetes women].

Objective: To explore type 2 diabetes women's thoughts, feelings and behaviors concerning diet.

Methods: A descriptive, exploratory qualitative study was carried out among eight type 2 diabetes women from a primary health care unit in Southeastern Brazil in January 2003. A semi-structured interview was applied for data collection.

[Arterial hypertension patients: attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, thoughts and practices].

Objective: To get to know arterial hypertension patients through their attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, thoughts, and practices related to the disease.

Methods: An exploratory study was carried out in 32 hypertensive patients seen at 2 health care units in the municipal district of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Subjects were interviewed in a single session and data were analyzed using the Content Analysis method through categories not defined a priori.