Att leva med diabetes typ II

: En litteraturstudie

Abstract

Background: In Sweden there is about 365 000 diabetics. Type II diabetes is a chronic disease which makes this into a disease where the diabetic need to have a continues contact with a nurse. In this meeting it is important that the nurse sees the patients like individuals with a variation of needs. Type II diabetes occurs from various reasons like overweight, diet, sedentary lifestyle and smoking. The treatment consists of changed diet- and exercise habits, tablets or insulin. Aim: The aim of the studie was to enlight how patients with type II diabetes experience their disease and the meetings with the health care system. Method: A literature review based on 11 articles that got analysed. Results: The analysis of the articles resulted in three central themes that represents the results: To receive the diagnosis, fear of complications and denial, to take control of the disease and to accept the disease. Discussion: The three central findings that were represented in the discussion where: An overall finding about health. Another finding was lack of information and the last finding is about differences in men and women view of living with type II diabetes.