REPERCUSSION OF TELEMONITORING AS A SELF-CARE STRATEGY FOR DIABETES MELLITUS PEOPLE

Objective: to analyze the scientific productions about telemonitoring and its repercussions in the self-care follow-up of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). Method: this is an integrative literature review, performed in the VHL (LILACS, BDENF, MEDLINE) and PUBMED databases from June to July 2018, with a five-year time frame. Results: the sample consists of 10 articles on the theme and, from thematic associations, was named in two categories: Repercussion of the telephone strategy for self-care and Telephone strategy: control and effectiveness. Conclusion: the use of telemonitoring in the monitoring of people with T2DM had good repercussions and served as support, health education and monitoring of blood glucose levels. Thus, there were improvements in health behavior and satisfaction with the service received and, thus, demonstrated efficacy for self-care.