Feelings of women after the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes

Abstract

LOS SENTIMIENTOS DE LAS MUJERES DESPUÉS DEL DIAGNÓSTICO DE DIABETES TIPO 2 Se trata de un estudio descriptivo y exploratorio que tiene el objetivo de conocer las sensaciones y las reacciones emocionales de las mujeres después del diagnóstico de la diabetes. Los datos fueron recogidos

Patients’ Illness Perceptions of Type 2 Diabetes: A Scoping Review

“…Chinese Americans; African Americans) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Seventeen studies included patients from the general population but in three studies, these patients were recruited from a very specific area of the country, so they cannot be considered to be representative of the population [26][27][28]; and in one study patients had to have been hospitalised at least twice in the previous year to take part in the study, so they were not necessarily representative of the population [29]. Only two studies included multicountry populations and compared the perceptions of people with diabetes across different countries/cultures [30,31].…”

“…Patients reported a wide range of negative emotions and feelings associated with type 2 diabetes. These included shame, humiliation and guilt [15,19,21,23], fear, worry, sadness and hopelessness [16,26,28,32,37] and anger and rage [28,37]. Type 2 diabetes was associated with feelings of inferiority and loss of control over one's life [26].…”

“…Others believed that type 2 diabetes was a punishment for something bad they have done in the past [21] and described as a death sentence, loss of normalcy and suffering [20]. Type 2 diabetes was also described as a silent disease because patients believed it does not cause any pain or affect people much [28]. Patients in one study described type 2 diabetes as a social disease because it may lead to people being labelled differently [14].Illness coherence may depend on the presence of family history [44].…”

Adaptação cultural e confiabilidade para o Brasil do Automated Telephone Disease Management: resultados preliminares

“…These findings are in line with the profile of the sample of studies that compared the effectiveness of educational strategies in a Diabetes Education Program (17,18) . The predominance of females is indicative of women presenting higher searching behavior for self-care, and are more assiduous in regards to educational programs than men (19) . The level of formal education is an important feature to consider in proposing educational programs, because the lower education may hinder access to information and impair treatment adherence (20) .…”

Nível de atividade física de portadores de diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DM2) em comunidade carente no Brasil

“…1 O DM2 caracterizado pelo desequilíbrio no metabolismo de carboidratos, lipídeos e proteínas, possui um tratamento específico e complexo que envolve a manutenção de uma dieta adequada, a prática sistemática de exercícios físicos, o uso de agentes hipoglicêmicos e/ou insulina quando necessário a fim de auxiliar no constante controle da glicemia, o que requer uma mudança no estilo de vida individual. 3 A importância da atividade física regular e do exercício sistematizado para a prevenção de doenças e promoção da saúde está definitivamente aceita 4,5 , sendo que essa prática orientada tem sido indicada em conjunto com a dieta e a medicação para tratamento da diabete, auxiliando na motivação e na mudança de hábitos e comportamentos. 6 Outras evidências sugerem que o sedentarismo, potencializado pelo estilo de vida contemporâneo, seja um fator de risco tão importante quanto a dieta inadequada na etiologia da obesidade, estabelecendo uma relação direta e positiva com o aumento da incidência do DM2 em adultos, independentemente do índice de massa corporal ou do histórico familiar.…”