Analysis of the Factors Influencing Illness Perception in Patients with Diabetes

Year 2013, Issue: 2 - Autumn, 367 - 387, 19.12.2013

Hatice Yorulmaz , Arkun Tatar , Gaye Saltukoğlu , Gönül Soylu

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the factors influencing illness perception in
patients with diabetes. The participants of the study were 218 diabetes in four different
hospitals in three different clinics. A socio-demographic questionnaire and the Illness
Perception Questionnaire were applied to patients to collect the data. It was found that
the variables of age, gender, marital status, education level, work status, socio-economic status, dietary status, state of being educated about the illness, psychological support received, state of knowledge about the illness, type of diabetes, and length of time after
diagnosis have influenced the illness perception in diabetes. It was also determined that
most of the patients experienced symptoms they thought to be related to their illness, perceived
their illness as chronic, thought that their illness affected their physical, social and
psychological functions, believed that their therapies were effective and were affected
emotionally by their illness.

Keywords

Diabetes; Illness Perception; Illness Symptom; Chronic Illness

Diyabetli Hastalarda Hastalık Algısını Etkileyen Faktörlerin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Araştırma, diyabetli hastalarda hastalık algısını etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesi
amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmaya dört farklı hastanenin üç farklı kliniğinden 218 diyabet
hastası katılmıştır. Veri, hastalara tanıtıcı bilgi formu ve Hastalık Algısı Ölçeği uygulanarak
toplanmıştır. Diyabet hastalarında yaşın, cinsiyetin, medeni durumun, eğitim durumunun,
çalışma durumunun, sosyo-ekonomik durumun, diyet durumunun, hastalıkla
ilgili eğitim alma durumunun, psikolojik destek alma durumunun, hastalıkla ilgili bilgi
sahibi olma durumunun, diyabet tipi ve tanı konma süresinin hastalık algısını etkilediği
belirlenmiştir. Katılımcıların çoğunluğunun, hastalıklarıyla ilgili olduğunu düşündükleri
semptomlar yaşadıkları, hastalıklarını kronik olarak algıladıkları, fiziksel, sosyal, psikolojik
işlevlerine hastalığın etkisi olduğunu düşündükleri, tedavilerinin etkin olduğuna
inandıkları ve hastalıklarından duygusal olarak etkilendikleri saptanmıştır.

Keywords

Diyabet; Hastalık Algısı; Hastalık Belirtisi; Kronik Hastalık

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