DIABETES MELLITUS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN THE FAMILY AND SCHOOL CONTEXT

Abstract

Many are the necessary cares for the control of diabetes in children and adolescents, and the family is a crucial factor in the management and adherence to treatment, it is noticed in relation to the family before the discovery of the DM diagnosis, its importance as a support network for the adaptation process to go through in a positive way. The teachers had limited knowledge about the disease, which implies the identification and management of complications, besides influencing the direction of preventive care that can be adopted in the school environment among children with diabetes mellitus. The general objective of this study was to analyze the family and school care for children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus. This is an integrative review study, using as Health Science Descriptors (DeCS) diabetes mellitus, children and adolescents, using the Boolean operators And, through the databases Bdenf and Lilacs that are aggregated in the Virtual Health Library (VHL). Ten studies of original article type were selected, from primary data, available in Portuguese, published most frequently in the years 2019 (n=3) and 2020 (n=3), and the qualitative method was mentioned most often (n=6). Considering the studies, it was observed the importance of a support network regarding the care of children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus. The rise of health education has relevance both for DM carriers and for the family and school, since knowledge provides an improvement in care and control of disease complications.