PO22 - Children's satisfaction with the diabetes nursing consultation.

UNLABELLED Theme: Nursing education, management and leadership. INTRODUCTION Therapeutic education and the monitoring of child/family with diabetes to allow an exchange of knowledge, the maximum control and the best management in this new condition. OBJECTIVE To determine the children's satisfaction level with the diabetes nursing consultation. METHODS Cross-sectional and descriptive study. Non-probability sample comprising 135 children aged 8-18 years old (Average: 13.45; SD=2.83) who attend the diabetes consultation in six Portuguese public hospitals. An adapted version of the Escala de Satisfação dos Utentes (Users' Satisfaction Scale) with the Diabetes Nursing Consultation (Chaves et al 2012) was used. RESULTS The 135 children showed a global satisfaction average rate of 87.4%, that was from 91.06%, in the 'Initial assessment' dimension, 93.56% regarding the 'guidelines' and 79.55% in 'relationship/communication'. CONCLUSION The adequacy of strategies in diabetes consultation promotes a greater involvement of children, independence in health care, better adherence and management in therapeutic procedures, thus resulting in higher satisfaction.