Abstract
Objective: To survey the main educational technologies used in the care of patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Methods: This is an integrative review of retrospective literature with descriptive-exploratory character. So, a search was performed through the descriptors “Diabetes Mellitus”, “Diabetes Complications”, “Educational Technology”, “Validation Study”, “Play and Playthings” in the following databases: LILACS, SciELO, Web of Science e PubMed, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Results: The final sample consisted of 20 articles which it was possible to form two thematic nuclei related to the main educational technologies used in the care of diabetic patients, namely: types of care-educational technologies used to promote self-care in diabetics and interface between meaningful learning and the difficulties in implementing care-educational technologies.The current scenario of health education production uses, mainly, as a resource, digital media such as games, however it still counts on the significant participation of printed and physical tools. The need for adaptation in terms of content and language is notorious in order to meet the sociocultural demand of the public addressed. Final Considerations: The production of educational technologies for diabetics is mostly based on digital media. It was noted the lack of board games for the public in question.