| Experiences of the encounter with the diabetes team-a comparison between obese and normal-weight type 2 diabetic patients. | |
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PMID: 20434292 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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OBJECTIVE: the aim of this study was to highlight and compare obese and normal-weight type 2 diabetic patients' perceptions and reported behaviors in terms of their care encounter with the diabetes team. METHODS: interviews were conducted with 28 diabetic patients. Qualitative content analysis was used as analysis method. RESULTS: the experiences revealed that when the care encounters took place from a health care perspective, there were no opportunities for individual support. For the obese diabetic patients, especially women, this gave rise to feelings of being stuck, defiance and shame, for those of normal weight, it created a sense of being left, despair and confusion. When encounters took place from the perspective of the individual, the diabetic patients need for support was fulfilled. For the obese diabetic patients this meant that the health care professionals recognised their needs and for those of normal weight, a feeling of security was created. CONCLUSIONS: the results demonstrate differences in the experiences of obese and normal-weight diabetic patients' men and women in terms of their encounters with the diabetes team. PRACTICE IMPLICATION: diabetic patients, especially the obese diabetic women, require tailor-made support provided by the health professionals in the diabetes team. |
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Irene Svenningsson; Birgitta Gedda; Bertil Marklund |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: Patient education and counseling Volume: 82 ISSN: 1873-5134 ISO Abbreviation: Patient Educ Couns Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-12-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8406280 Medline TA: Patient Educ Couns Country: Ireland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 58-62 Citation Subset: N |
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2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Sahlgrenska School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. irene.svenningsson@vgregion.se |
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