Educational intervention on perceived stress among adults with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome: a non-randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention on perceived stress and metabolic syndrome parameters among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Method: Fifty-one adults (aged 48.73±7.

[Management of medications and lifestyle to treat diabetes in the elderly].

Objective: To know the management practices of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the elderly regarding the use of medications and lifestyle.

Materials And Methods: This is a qualitative and descriptive study, in which 20 elderly people with diabetes, residing in the interior of the State of Bahia, were interviewed between September 2016 and March 2017. The results were analyzed according to the Thematic Content Analysis proposed by Bardin.