Diabetic Patient Care: Psychological & Cultural Needs

This report delves into the multifaceted aspects of diabetes care, emphasizing the critical importance of addressing the psychological, cultural, and spiritual needs of diabetic patients. It highlights the psychological distress often experienced by individuals with diabetes, including denial, agitation, and depression, and underscores how appropriate psychological interventions can positively influence patient behavior and promote healthier eating habits. Furthermore, the report stresses the significance of understanding cultural perceptions of health and collaborating with patients to identify potential barriers to care. It also explores the integration of spiritual considerations, such as religious coping mechanisms, in diabetes management, and their impact on patient well-being. The report provides an overview of effective self-management strategies, including continuous glucose monitoring and cognitive therapies, and emphasizes the need for culturally sensitive education and the use of spiritual tools like yoga to enhance patient outcomes. References to relevant research are included to support the findings.

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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

Importance of spiritual needs for diabetic
patients and ways to address it
• Physicians address spiritual aspect into lifestyle to measure the compliance and wellbeing
addressed
• Greater rates of spirituality is often linked with lesser rates of depression among diabetic
individuals
• Religious coping coupled with social support was found to have better outcomes in self care
• The religious fasting is often seen to concentrate the need for aligning religious beliefs with
medicinal safety (Sridhar, 2013)

Managing diabetes with care plan
• The patient can learn effective self management strategies like measuring blood glucose level on
time
• Use of cognitive therapies can be made for channelizing positive emotions
• Incorporation of cultural sensitivity while educating the people irrespective of socio-economic
status (Wiebe, Helgeson & Berg, 2016)
• Use of spiritual tools such as Yoga provided positive results in health and well being by channeling
positivity
• Use of self monitoring tools for checking the blood sugar levels of the patients
• Establishing a follow up plan confirming planned treatment

Reference list
• Cappon, G., Acciaroli, G., Vettoretti, M., Facchinetti, A., & Sparacino, G. (2017). Wearable continuous glucose
monitoring sensors: a revolution in diabetes treatment. Electronics, 6(3), 65.
• Christiansen, M. P., Klaff, L. J., Brazg, R., Chang, A. R., Levy, C. J., Lam, D., ... & Kelley, L. (2018). A
prospective multicenter evaluation of the accuracy of a novel implanted continuous glucose sensor: PRECISE
II. Diabetes technology & therapeutics, 20(3), 197-206.
• Sridhar, G. R. (2013). Diabetes, religion and spirituality.
• Wiebe, D. J., Helgeson, V., & Berg, C. A. (2016). The social context of managing diabetes across the life
span. American Psychologist, 71(7), 526.