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Diabetic patients facing long‐term complications: coping with uncertainty
Author(s) -
Ternulf Nyhlin Kerstin
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01982.x
Subject(s) - grounded theory , coping (psychology) , qualitative research , diabetes mellitus , term (time) , medicine , psychology , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , sociology , social science , physics , quantum mechanics , endocrinology
A major problem of diabetes melitus lies in its complications Fourteen Type 1 diabetic patients with severe long‐term complications were interviewed on two occasions with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of their coping strategies The study has a qualitative design and a grounded theory approach was used The data‐based categories ‘Coming to terms’, ‘Keeping going’ and ‘Making sense’ serve as a framework for the presentation of the substantive issues raised by the respondents It was found that the problem of uncertainty featured prominently