Heather L Stuckey1, Christine B Mullan-Jensen2, Gérard Reach3, Katharina Kovacs Burns4, Natalia Piana5, Michael Vallis6, Johan Wens7, Ingrid Willaing8, Søren E Skovlund2, Mark Peyrot9. 1. Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA hstuckey@hmc.psu.edu. 2. Public Health Evidence and Insights, Global Public Affairs, Novo Nordisk A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark. 3. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Avicenne Hospital, and Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d'Ile-de-France, University Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France. 4. Interdisciplinary Health Research Academy, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. 5. Healthy Lifestyle Institute, Centro Universitario di Ricerca Interdipartimentale Attività Motoria, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy. 6. Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. 7. Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Primary and Interdisciplinary Care Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. 8. Steno Health Promotion Center, Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark. 9. Department of Sociology, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify the psychosocial experiences of diabetes, including negative accounts of diabetes and adaptive ways of coping from the perspective of the person with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Participants were 8,596 adults (1,368 with type 1 diabetes and 7,228 with type 2 diabetes) in the second Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs (DAWN2) study. Qualitative data were responses to open-ended survey questions about successes, challenges, and wishes for improvement in living with diabetes and about impactful experiences. Emergent coding developed with multinational collaborators identified thematic content about psychosocial aspects. The κ measure of interrater reliability was 0.72. RESULTS: Analysis identified two negative psychosocial themes: 1) anxiety/fear, worry about hypoglycemia and complications of diabetes, depression, and negative moods/hopelessness and 2) discrimination at work and public misunderstanding about diabetes. Two psychosocial themes demonstrated adaptive ways of coping with diabetes: 1) having a positive outlook and sense of resilience in the midst of having diabetes and 2) receiving psychosocial support through caring and compassionate family, friends, health care professionals, and other people with diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: The personal accounts give insight into the psychosocial experiences and coping strategies of people with diabetes and can inform efforts to meet those needs and capitalize on strengths.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the psychosocial experiences of diabetes, including negative accounts of diabetes and adaptive ways of coping from the perspective of the person with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Participants were 8,596 adults (1,368 with type 1 diabetes and 7,228 with type 2 diabetes) in the second Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs (DAWN2) study. Qualitative data were responses to open-ended survey questions about successes, challenges, and wishes for improvement in living with diabetes and about impactful experiences. Emergent coding developed with multinational collaborators identified thematic content about psychosocial aspects. The κ measure of interrater reliability was 0.72. RESULTS: Analysis identified two negative psychosocial themes: 1) anxiety/fear, worry about hypoglycemia and complications of diabetes, depression, and negative moods/hopelessness and 2) discrimination at work and public misunderstanding about diabetes. Two psychosocial themes demonstrated adaptive ways of coping with diabetes: 1) having a positive outlook and sense of resilience in the midst of having diabetes and 2) receiving psychosocial support through caring and compassionate family, friends, health care professionals, and other people with diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: The personal accounts give insight into the psychosocial experiences and coping strategies of people with diabetes and can inform efforts to meet those needs and capitalize on strengths.
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