Application of communication techniques in self-management training processes in patients with diabetes mellitus in health institutions of Tamaulipas

Diabetes mellitus is one the most progressive and fatal diseases in the world. Currently, more tan 346 million people suffer from diabetes around the world; Mexico has, according to its Ministry of Health, around 10 million people with this chronic degenerative disease. The Ministry of Health, in its adult and senior care program, has Mutual Help groups, where they and their relatives are offered self-management training. Activities are offered by staff from different health specialties, however, there is a low level in comprehension because of the way physicians express themselves. From the above, arises the need to implement individual and group communication techniques, that allow the patient and their relatives to learn what it takes to have an adequate self-care of diabetes mellitus.  This work is a study of the Mutual Help group of the Hospital Civil de Ciudad Victoria, in Tamaulipas, Mexico, where its members have this kind of talks. They consider necessary to change some of the strategies, to enable them to understand the self-management training processes taught by the health and medical staff, and therefore, their metabolic control.