Due to the high prevalence of diabetes, studies have been conducted in an attempt to
produce consistent knowledge to minimize this problem and investigate the variables that
affect the purchasing adherence behavior. However, it is not clear which educational
strategies are more effective, or if the effectiveness is related to a set of these strategies.
Aim of this study, we sought to analyze the effect of three interventional procedures based
on behavioral technologies to promote the nutrition and physical activity rule-following for
adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. These procedures relate to: (1) providing
information about diabetes, (2) information combined with the provision of feedback for
behaviors related to diabetes treatment, and (3) provision of information combined with the
self-monitoring training of behaviors related to treatment diabetes. Diet and regular
physical activity were the aspects investigated in this study. Participants 12 adults
diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, selected in Hiperdia Program of the two health services in
Belém-Pará city. Participants were divided into three conditions: Information Condition,
Information and Feedback Condition, Information and Self-Monitoring Condition. Data
were collected in the home environment of the participants through interview scripts, test
of knowledge about diabetes treatment, feedback protocol, manual of guidelines and
protocols on diabetes of nutrition and physical activity self-monitoring. The results show
that during the study was improvement in the level of knowledge about diabetes care after
using the guidebook, but not enough to ensure adherence on the Information Condition,
and Information and Feedback Condition. However, participants in the three conditions
showed positive changes in ways that were not the focus of study, such as use of
medication and foot care. The provision of information combined with self-monitoring
training exerted a greater effect on increasing the quality of reporting of behaviors and the
construction and expansion of compliance behaviors class of behavior reported as the
lowest adherence was the performance of physical activity, compared eating behavior.
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