Learning to live with type 1 diabetes from the perspective of young non-western immigrants in Denmark

Journal of Clinical Nursing
Lene Povlsen, Karin C Ringsberg

Abstract

To explore how young adults with a non-western immigrant background and type 1 diabetes since childhood/adolescence have perceived learning to live with the disease, with special focus on health education and support. A national Danish study found significantly poorer metabolic control in non-western immigrant children and adolescents as compared with ethnic Danes. Subsequent studies have primarily focused on immigrant parents, whereas little is known about how immigrant children/adolescents have perceived the diagnosis and the diabetes care and support provided. A mixed quantitative and qualitative design was applied. This included data on metabolic control for 2002-2006 and semi-structured interviews in 2006 with eleven strategically selected young immigrants. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The findings are described in three thematic categories: Perceptions and reactions at the time of diagnosis; Learning to manage the disease; Present and future life with diabetes. Some findings were similar to those in studies describing children and adolescents of western origin, but the participants also shared perceptions which appeared to be related to their immigrant background. Above all, they described their ...Continue Reading

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