Emotional suffering related to living with diabetes

Objective: To identify the emotional suffering related to living with diabetes mellitus. Methods: A descriptive study of transversal cut with a quantitative approach performed in the period from September 2017 to March 2018. Participated in the study 308 users with diabetes, escorted in the endocrinology outpatient clinic of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão. For data collection, it was used a tool for the evaluation of emotional problems - Problems Areas in Diabetes (PAID). The data were presented by measures of absolute frequency, percentages, averages and standard deviation. Results: Among the dimensions assessed, emotional problems accounted for 14.5 ±8.8, problems with the treatment 2.0 ±1.9, problems with feeding 3.2 ±2.6 and problems with social support 0.9 ±1.9. The emotional suffering was identified in 25.3% of users. Conclusion: Emotional problem was the dimension that contributed most to emotional suffering. Implications for practice: identify the emotional suffering is the first step required to systematize multi professional care that prevent the emotional suffering in patients with diabetes mellitus in all its dimensions.