Abstract: Diabetic distress is the emotional response to diffrent aspects of diabetes, such as worry, anxiety and fears related to the disease and treatment. It's important to pay attention to diabetic distress, due to the impact it can have on the persons ability to handle the disease, wich also affects the HbA1c levels and consequently the risk of complications. Aim: The aim was to describe how people with type 2 diabetes in primary care assesed their diabetic distress.To investigate correlations between diabetic distress anf HbA1c, duration of diabetes and age. As well as correlations between HbA1c levels and age and HbA1c levels and duration of diabetes. Method:The study was a quantitative descriptiv crss sectional study. A total of 69 people were included in the stydy, gathered from two primary care facilities in Sweden. The participants completed the questionnaire Swe-PAID -20 as well as questions regarding age, gender, duration of diabetes and HbA1c levels wee also registered. Data was analysed with non-parametric methods. Main results: Results showed that 5.8 % percived increased diabetic distress among the participants. Which is lower than reported by other international studies. No significant correlations were shown between diabetic distress and HbA1c levels, age and duration of diabetes. No significant correlations were found between HbA1c levels and duration of diabetes or HbA1c levels and age. Conclusion: To understand how people with type 2 diabetes experience their diabetic distress it is crucial to give optimal support. By offering adapted support and resources to the induvidual, it will promote the well-being of the induvidual, increase the sense of empowerment, the HbA1c controll and decrease the risk of complications. Thus promote the induvidual and society as a whole. By decreasing the overall diabetic distress the disease causes the induvidual, the health care system and societys resources will be favored.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-533746 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Kurberg, Therese, Hilding, Carin |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Vårdvetenskap, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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