Abstract
Distress and depression often go unrecognised in people with diabetes. In this article, I present an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of the lived experience of people with Type 2 diabetes, based on individual in-depth interviews with 10 patients. The purpose of this research was to gain a deeper understanding of these psychological symptoms through a detailed examination of how patients interpret and respond to their experience of the condition. I propose a revised model for the connection between the disease of diabetes and patients’ lived experiences of illness, as one of embodied coexistence rather than relation. Through my analysis, I identify the psychological processes that might need to be addressed in an effective preventative support system.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 11 |
| Pages (from-to) | 933-951 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Qualitative Report |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 23 May 2016 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2016 |
Keywords
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Distress
- Illness experience
- Interpretative phenomenological analysis
- Psychological wellbeing
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Copyright 2016: Claire McKenzie, Kristina Bennert, David Kessler, Alan Montgomery, and Nova Southeastern University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.