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Supporting adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative study
Author(s) -
Rostami Shahnaz,
Parsa–Yekta Zohreh,
Najafi Ghezeljeh Tahereh,
Vanaki Zohreh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12070
Subject(s) - cornerstone , nonprobability sampling , type 2 diabetes mellitus , medicine , qualitative research , normalization (sociology) , diabetes mellitus , nursing , content analysis , type 1 diabetes , family support , family medicine , psychology , gerontology , physical therapy , population , endocrinology , art , social science , environmental health , sociology , anthropology , visual arts
Without sufficient support, type 1 diabetes mellitus often disturbs patients' normal lives. This study describes and explores the support that I ranian adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus experienced. Semistructured interviews were conducted with ten adolescents, seven family members, one dietitian, one nurse, and one school nurse. Participants were chosen using purposive sampling from two teaching hospitals and one high school in two urban areas of I ran. Using standard procedures for content analysis, three main themes were identified: maintaining a normal life; receiving tangible, informational, and emotional support from the family and society; and advancement of life toward normalization. The cornerstone of maintaining a normal life for adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus is to adopt an active role in taking care of themselves within their systems of support.