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- Title
Psychological adaptation to and acceptance of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Authors
Comelis Bertolin, Daniela; Pace, Ana Emilia; Bernardi Cesarino, Claudia; de Cassia Helu Mendonça Ribeiro, Rita; Mendonça Ribeiro, Renato
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate individuals' psychological adaptation to type 2 diabetes mellitus throughout acceptance of the disease and its relation with perceived stress and values of glycated hemoglobin (A1c) before and after group educational intervention. Methods: Quasi-experimental study developed at outpatient unit that included 77 participants who fulfilled inclusion criteria. The study instruments were a questionnaire that obtained sociodemographic variables and the Acceptance of Disease Scale and Perceived Stress Scale, both applied during interviews before and after group education intervention using Diabetes Conversations Maps. Results: Interviewed patients showed improvements in the acceptance of the disease after educational intervention. We observed an inverse relation between acceptance of the disease, perceived stress, and the mean glycated hemoglobin (A1c) value before and after the intervention. Conclusion: Acceptance of type 2 diabetes can improve after a group educational intervention. A high score for acceptance of the disease was related to a low score for perceived stress and lower mean glycated hemoglobin (A1c) value.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); DIABETES; GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin; RESEARCH methodology; TYPE 2 diabetes; PATIENT education; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH funding; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 2015, Vol 28, Issue 5, p440
- ISSN
0103-2100
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1982-0194201500074