Att belysa hur patienter med diabetes typ2 upplever diabetesvården

Abstract

Background: Globaly diabetes type2 is increasing, mainly because lifestyle changes. In diabetes care nurses mainly teach diabetes patients self care management, which is important for the treatment of their illness. Method: A general literature review with 19 scientific articles as a basis of the result. Aim: To illuminate patients with diabetes type2 experience diabetes care. Result: Articles describe the importance of support and knowledge, the meeting with the nurse, disappointments, what patients inquire for and different goals in diabetes care. The patients require a competent medical staff  prepared to listen, to take patients’ knowledge seriously and see them as individuals. Group education is wanted by patients to enable them to share life experiences and knowledge about living with diabetes. Disappointments are about patients feeling lack of empathy from the medical staff, and not receiving enough information to help them handle their diabetes better. Nurses and patients can have different goals, which may lead to the patients resisting to participate and improve their health by self care. Conclusions: Nurses needs to listen to what the patients are telling, to their goals about their illness and, by explaining, try to make them understand the importance of changing lifestyle.