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Title:	Socio-psychological problems of Patients with late adolescent onset type 1 diabetes : analysis by qualitative research
Authors:	Sato, Eiko Ohsawa, Isao Kataoka, Jun Miwa, Miki Tsukagoshi, Fumie Sato, Juichi Oshida, Yoshiharu Sato, Yuzo
Keywords:	Type 1 diabetes Late adolescent Socio-psychological problems Qualitative research
Issue Date:	May-2003
Publisher:	Nagoya University School of Medicine
Citation:	Nagoya Journal of Medical Science. v.66, n.1-2, 2003, p.21-29
Abstract:	Purpose: To identify the serious emotional impacts as socio-psychological problems encountered by patients with late adolescent onset type 1 diabetes since their disease onset. Subjects and methods: Thirteen patients (aged 21-35 years) with type 1 diabetes, onset age from 17 to 28, were interviewed. To extract their disturbing experiences from the content of the interviews, a qualitative analysis was carried out. We categorized their experiences as socio-psychological problems. Results: Twenty-two items of socio-psychological problems which posed obstacles to the control of diabetes were found. Problems with particularly strong impacts included a fulminant crisis prior to hospitalization; surprise and shock of patients themselves and family members upon diagnosis; unacceptable feelings against insulin injections and diabetes; difficulty and anxiety over frequent and unexpected occurrences of hypoglycemia; noncompliance with diet therapy; stress of disclosing the disease to fiances and ...
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2237/5388
Appears in Collections:	Nagoya journal of medical science

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