Tip 2 Diabetes Mellituslu Hastaların Psikososyal Uyum Sürecine İlişkin Görüşleri: Fenomenolojik Bir Araştırma
Perceptions of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Psychosocial Adaptation Process: A Phenomenological Study

Summary/Abstract: This study was conducted to understand the views of patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) on the psychosocial adaptation processes and the barriers that they experienced related to their diseases and how they coped with those barriers in that process. This is a qualitative study and as it was aimed to analyze and understand the participants’ own point of views on psychosocial barriers they experienced in details with this study, it was designed as phenomenological study. The study was carried out with 10 volunteer patients with type II DM. As a result of the data obtained via interviews based on semi-structured interview forms, patients stated their views on the barriers they experienced and how they coped with those barriers related to DM. Findings were categorized under three sub-headings, psycho-social adaptation process, the barriers experienced in that process and how those barriers were coped with.

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