Campos de Sousa Mariana, Aparecida Dias Flavia, Santos Nascimento Janaína, Dos Santos Tavares Darlene Mara
Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro - UFTM, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Invest Educ Enferm. 2016 Apr;34(1):180-188. doi: 10.17533/udea.iee.v34n1a20.
To describe the quality of life (QL), knowledge and attitude of the elderly with diabetes mellitus (DM) and to correlate the QL with the knowledge and the attitude of the elderly.
It is a cross-sectional study of household inquiry type and developed with 296 elderly with DM. The used instruments were: World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref (WHOQOL-BREF), World Health Organization Quality of Life Old (WHOQOL-OLD), Diabetes Knowledge Scale Questionnaire (DKN-A) and Diabetes Attitudes Questionnaire (ATT-19).
The female were predominant (68.2%), aged from 70 - 79 years old (43.9%), married or living with a partner (41.6%), living with their children (43.2%), with income of one minimum wage (52.4%), had 4 - 7 years of education (32.8%), on diet use and oral hypoglycemic (68.6%) and less than five years diagnosis (29.1%). The greater the knowledge and the attitude the higher QL scores in physical, psychological, social relationships and environment domains; and facets of sensory works, autonomy, and intimacy.
Educational activities need to be worked improving the knowledge and attitude of the elderly about the DM.
描述糖尿病（DM）老年患者的生活质量（QL）、知识水平和态度，并将生活质量与老年患者的知识水平和态度进行关联。
这是一项家庭询问式横断面研究，对296名糖尿病老年患者开展。所使用的工具包括：世界卫生组织生活质量简表（WHOQOL-BREF）、世界卫生组织老年生活质量量表（WHOQOL-OLD）、糖尿病知识量表问卷（DKN-A）和糖尿病态度问卷（ATT-19）。
女性占主导（68.2%），年龄在70 - 79岁之间（43.9%），已婚或与伴侣同住（41.6%），与子女同住（43.2%），收入为一份最低工资（52.4%），接受过4 - 7年教育（32.8%），采用饮食控制和口服降糖药治疗（68.6%），诊断时间不足五年（29.1%）。知识水平和态度越高，在身体、心理、社会关系和环境领域以及感官功能、自主性和亲密关系等方面的生活质量得分越高。
需要开展教育活动，以提高老年患者对糖尿病的知识水平和态度。
