Patients' experiences of support for learning to live with diabetes to promote health and well-being : A lifeworld phenomenological study


Autoria(s): Johansson, Karin; Österberg, Sofia Almerud; Leksell, Janeth; Berglund, Mia
Data(s)

2016

Resumo

Learning to live with diabetes in such a way that the new conditions will be a normal and natural part of life imposes requirements on the person living with diabetes. Previous studies have shown that there is no clear picture of what and how the learning that would allow persons to incorporate the illness into their everyday life will be supported. The aim of this study is to describe the phenomenon of support for learning to live with diabetes to promote health and well-being, from the patient's perspective. Data were collected by interviews with patients living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. The interviews were analysed using a reflective lifeworld approach. The results show that reflection plays a central role for patients with diabetes in achieving a new understanding of the health process, and awareness of their own responsibility was found to be the key factor for such a reflection. The constituents are responsibility creating curiosity and willpower, openness enabling support, technology verifying bodily feelings, a permissive climate providing for participation and exchanging experiences with others. The study concludes that the challenge for caregivers is to create interactions in an open learning climate that initiates and supports reflection to promote health and well-being.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-22945

doi:10.3402/qhw.v11.31330

PMID 27539956

ISI:000386181900001

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Högskolan Dalarna, Omvårdnad

Uppsala universitet

Relação

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 1748-2623, 2016, 11,

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Adipose tissue #Dietary fatty acids #Fatty acid composition #Insulin resistance #Insulin sensitivity #Health Sciences #Hälsovetenskaper
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Article in journal

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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