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| Titre : |
The lived experience of diabetes: Conceptualisation using a metaphor |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Annabel Youngson, Auteur ; Fiona Cole, Auteur ; Helen Wilby, Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
2015 |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.24-32 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Occupational therapy Diabetes Metaphor |
| Résumé : |
Introduction It is important for healthcare professionals to understand the reality of living with diabetes in order to better engage and enable people to self-manage. The purpose of this research was thus a preliminary exploration of the lived experience of diabetes.
Method This qualitative study involved seven people with a diagnosis of type 1, type 2 or pre-diabetes. Data was collected via semi-structured interviews and analysed using a phenomenological approach including the use of metaphor. Findings were shared with participants using a felted metaphor of charting a course of health and wellbeing through a choppy sea.
Findings: Themes explored within the elements of the metaphor included the boat (self-identity, control, balance, compliance and empowerment, emotions), the sea (physical and social environment, lifestyle, life events), the course (information gathering, change, self-action) and the boatyard (relationships with healthcare providers).
Conclusion For those with type 1, type 2 and pre-diabetes, the elements of charting a course of health and wellbeing through a choppy sea are very much focused on the person in their own context, impacted by their environment, life stage, occupations and attitudes to diabetes self-management, all of which fall within the remit of occupational therapy. |
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in The British Journal of Occupational Therapy > Volume 78 numéro 1 (Janvier 2015) . - p.24-32
[article] The lived experience of diabetes: Conceptualisation using a metaphor [texte imprimé] / Annabel Youngson, Auteur ; Fiona Cole, Auteur ; Helen Wilby, Auteur . - 2015 . - p.24-32. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in The British Journal of Occupational Therapy > Volume 78 numéro 1 (Janvier 2015) . - p.24-32
| Mots-clés : |
Occupational therapy Diabetes Metaphor |
| Résumé : |
Introduction It is important for healthcare professionals to understand the reality of living with diabetes in order to better engage and enable people to self-manage. The purpose of this research was thus a preliminary exploration of the lived experience of diabetes.
Method This qualitative study involved seven people with a diagnosis of type 1, type 2 or pre-diabetes. Data was collected via semi-structured interviews and analysed using a phenomenological approach including the use of metaphor. Findings were shared with participants using a felted metaphor of charting a course of health and wellbeing through a choppy sea.
Findings: Themes explored within the elements of the metaphor included the boat (self-identity, control, balance, compliance and empowerment, emotions), the sea (physical and social environment, lifestyle, life events), the course (information gathering, change, self-action) and the boatyard (relationships with healthcare providers).
Conclusion For those with type 1, type 2 and pre-diabetes, the elements of charting a course of health and wellbeing through a choppy sea are very much focused on the person in their own context, impacted by their environment, life stage, occupations and attitudes to diabetes self-management, all of which fall within the remit of occupational therapy. |
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The lived experience of diabetes: Conceptualisation using a metaphor in The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 78 numéro 1 (Janvier 2015)
