Considerations for Diabetes Patients

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Diabetes

Considerations for Diabetes Patients
Psychological aspects:
 Diabetes diagnosis is associated with stress.
 Psychological reactions include anger, denial, guilt,
acceptance and depression
They determine:
 acceptance of diabetes diagnosis
the adjustment of a patient to self-care routine
individual coping and progresses with the condition

Considerations continued
Cultural Aspects:
Influence diabetes patients’ attitudes and perceptions
regarding treatment
influence the intentions of patients to seek traditional
medicine and alternative treatments
Spiritual Aspects:
important coping mechanisms for diabetes patients
essential for the treatment if depressive symptoms among
diabetes patients
Spirituality influences lifestyle
determined the views of patients towards medication. For
instance, Muslims reject insulin as it is obtained from pigs
which are regarded unclean