Background: About 537 million people round the world are living with diabetes of which 90% of them have diabetes type 2. Both hereditary and lifestyle are important factors of developing type 2 diabetes. Treatment consists of both medical and non-medical interventions in form of self-care to reduce complications. Aim: The aim is to describe patient´s experience of self-care of type 2 diabetes. Method: A literature review with qualitative content analysis where patient´s experince of self-care is described with 12 selected scientific articles. Results: Three main themes and eight subthemes emerged. They were 1) Important lifestyle change for patient´s wellbeing with subthemes where the person faced challenges with diet, physical activities and control of blood sugar. 2) Patient´s need for support to promote wellbeing with subthemes: support from family and friends, knowledge and support from healthcare givers. 3) Psychological effects with stigma and identity as subthemes. Conclusions: It´s important for patient´s self-care to implement lifestyle changes with type 2 diabetes. Lack of knowledge became a challenge for self-care. There is need for support from family and friends but also from health workers. Unwillingness to change old habits resulted to psychological challenges like stigma and acceptance of a new identity of oneself. Nurses and health workers feel a challenge with educating patients on self-care.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:rkh-4898 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Lövås, Amanda, Ezeugwu, Jennifer Oochukwu |
| Publisher | Röda Korsets Högskola |
| 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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