Diabetes self-care practices and resilience in the Brazilian COVID-19 pandemic: results of a web survey: DIABETESvid.

Bárbara Aparecida BinhardiCarla Regina de Souza TeixeiraBianca de Almeida-PitittoFrancisco Barbosa-JuniorLaercio Joel FrancoKarla Fabiana Santana de MeloDomingos Augusto Cherino MalerbiRinaldo Eduardo Machado de Oliveira

Published in: Diabetology & metabolic syndrome (2021)

In Brazil, individuals with diabetes followed social distancing and maintained their medication treatment for DM. However, practice of physical activity and foot examination was little followed by the participants, who also had a low level of resilience. These findings showed the importance of patient follow-up in the healthcare services, meaning that telemedicine should be improved and support provided for adaptation in view of the therapeutic setbacks.

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