A qualitative study on the disease cognition and experience of adolescents with type 1 diabetes
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2017.29.009
- VernacularTitle:青少年1型糖尿病患儿对疾病认知和体验的质性研究
- Author:
Dongyang ZENG
1
;
Caihong ZHANG
;
Hua ZHANG
;
Juan YANG
Author Information
1. 海南医学院国际护理学院
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus;
type 1;
Adolescent;
Disease cognitive;
Negative psychological
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2017;33(29):2276-2279
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand adolescent with type 1 diabetes on disease knowledge and experience and provide a scientific reference for the design and implement effective interventions. Methods Phenomenological research design and semi-structural interviews were conducted to 9 adolescent with type 1 diabetes, and used the method of phenomenological analysis for data. Results The adolescent patients were unsure about the causes and treatments of type 1 diabetes,and the cognition of the importance and necessity were vague to treatment compliance. The own experience of disease compose of negative physical and mental experience significantly, living a normal life,a desire to cure, seeking social and professional support demand strongly. Conclusions adolescent with type 1 diabetes and their family or the hospital are under inadequate treatment and disease management.It is suggested to pay attention to patients′ motivation and psychological,individual needs and effective medical communication in delivering intervention programs for adolescent with type 1 diabetes so that individualized treatment and management are performed.
