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Assessment of the Impact of Self-Care for People with Diabetes on Reducing Hospital Admissions: Analysis of a Basic Health Unit in the Municipality of Porto Alegre between 2022-2023

Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic non-communicable disease caused by multiple causes and risk factors that subject the person to a long period of latency and a prolonged stage of the problem until the onset of the first symptoms (DUTRA et. al., apud Brasil, 2015 ). Once detected, treatment must be started to prevent possible hospitalizations due to complications of the disease. This prevention can occur through basic and daily care such as healthy eating, physical activity and adherence to medication treatment, whose actions constitute the self-care process. This process is a preponderant factor in intervention on undesirable outcomes, such as hospitalizations, sequelae or deaths. Faced with this problem, the study sought to evaluate the impact of self-care practices on reducing hospital admissions due to diabetes mellitus, in the city of Porto Alegre/RS, in 2022-2023, the results of which showed significant effects on the probability of reducing possible hospitalizations.