Importance of psychological needs for diabetic patients

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Importance of psychological needs
for diabetic patients
• The disease of diabetes is often laced financial, emotional and even physical stress
• The person goes through series of psychological distress of denial, agitation, depression and finally
acceptance
• Psychological needs if rightly addressed can change patient behaviour and initiate better eating habits
• Diabetes is often termed as a chronic condition leading to depression right psychological intervention
can ensure positive behaviour (Cappon et al. 2017)

Importance of cultural needs for
diabetic patients and ways to
address it
• Understands the cultural perception in regards to health, realizing that health is unique
for individual
• Collaborative effort with patient can help in identifying the potential barriers to care
success of diabetes (Christiansen et al. 2018)
• Conveys right information that is easy for the patient to understand
• Works on addressing self management plan adherence problems for producing culturally
appropriate goals
• Uses right material as per educational, cultural, and literacy background