Essential question for research: How
can I educate others on the different types of diabetes and how they affect a
person physically (human body and pancreas) and emotionally? Also what is
diabetes and what is the difference between the physical and emotional effects
of type 1 and the effects of type 2?
Why
are quality of life issues important in diabetes?- Article 1
In 1948 the World
Health Organization classified the well being of health on a different level
then just physically. Recently, there has been an interest in quality of life
issues. There has been an effect of psychosocial factors on physical health.
People
that have diabetes are challenged by their disease’s constant burden in
management and maintaining it. It is a non-stop demanding situation 24 hours a
day 7 days a week. Taking insulin and other types of diabetic therapy can
affect the quality of life, physically or emotionally, either positively or
negatively. In a physical state, it can positively reduce high blood sugar or
negatively increase low blood sugar symptoms. Psychosocial issues can affect
the physical health. Depression and other issues can affect self-care
behaviors, in turn, developing long-term problems. Emotional factors can
determine the amount of self-management.
How
is quality of life measured?
The quality of life is multidimensional.
It includes an individual’s insight on their physical, emotional and social
well-being is imperative part towards happiness and satisfaction. There is a
significant amount of research that has been conducted on the health status on
overall life satisfaction and health-related value of life. The ability to cope
with disabilities and limitations can affect someone’s insight on satisfaction
of life.
There are two
approaches to health-related measurement of the quality of life: generic and
disease-specific. The generic method engages the use of measures related across
health and infirmity groups. The Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) tries to record
and discover behavioral dysfunction caused by diseases. The generic method is
used in this. There are several types of
surveys that are conducted in this study that try to assess the health-related
well-being of one-self. This study also measures emotional and physical
indicators, mobility, and physical activity.
Emotional and quality-of-life aspects of diabetes
management- Article 2
Diabetics are needed to
be mathematicians, physicians, personal trainers, and dieticians all rolled up
into one, daily. Diabetics commonly feel frustrated of overwhelmed by the daily
aggravations of diabetes management. It can begin to feel like a burden to most
diabetics. People diagnosed with this disease often may feel anger, guilt,
frustration, or even the “Why me?” feeling. This can cause these patients to be
unmotivated to perform self-care tasks. Knowing this, makes is not surprising
that diabetes is associated with impaired health-related quality of life
(HRQOL). There is a consistent finding during many cases of
studies that prove how diabetes is associated with HRQOL. Medical and
psychosocial characteristics of diabetes may possibly portray a negative affect
HRQOL. Impaired HRQOL negatively influence self-management of diabetes. The
concept of HRQOL in diabetes is still blurred, which makes evaluation
troublesome.
The Emotional World of the Diabetic
Patient- Article 3
The emotional world of
an average diabetic patient depends on the clinician’s treatment and
understanding of their patients. It is vitally important that what is done for
the patient is the right thing. Otherwise this could cause emotional and
physical problems. “Denial, intellectualization, and displacement are defined
and instances of their application in medical work are discovered. Being well-appointed
with a greater understanding of this psychological world of the patient can
help the clinician remain attuned to the patient and help them control their
diabetes on a physical level and an emotional state. Having diabetes is
something a patient can not control by themselves, they need support and help
from their clinician, friends and family. Receiving this help and support, in
turn, can better their chances in controlling their Physiological problems due
to diabetes.