- Title
- Exploring the meaning of hypoglycaemia to community-dwelling Singaporean Chinese adults living with type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Creator
- Tan, Pamela; Chen, Hui-Chen; Taylor, Beverley; Hegney, Desley
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/61149
- Identifier
- vital:6381
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-172X.2012.02031.x
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-172X
- Abstract
- This study aimed to explore how community-dwelling Singaporean Chinese adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus experience hypoglycaemia. A qualitative interpretive research design was employed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants from a Singaporean diabetes specialist outpatient clinic, transcribed verbatim and analysed using qualitative manual thematic analysis. Eight major themes emerged: experiencing symptoms, knowing hypoglycaemia is manageable, using acute measures, using preventative strategies; applying knowledge, identifying causes of hypoglycaemia, forming relationships and working with health-care professionals. Participants underestimated the impact of hypoglycaemia mainly due to their experiencing mild and infrequent episodes, and knowledge deficits. Health-care professionals’ roles were limited to information providers, and they were perceived as detached and impersonal. The implications are that health-care professionals need to provide more client-focused education, and improve the quality of their interpersonal relationships to ensure shared decision-making with their clients.
- Relation
- International journal of nursing practice Vol. 18, no. 3 (2012), p. 252-259
- Rights
- Copyright Wiley-Blackwell
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1110 Nursing; Diabetes mellitus; Hypoglycaemia; Life change events; Outpatients; Self-care; Type 2
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