%0 Journal Article
%T ¡®A little good with the bad¡¯: Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients¡¯ perspectives on self
%A Birgitta Wireklint Sundstr£¿m
%A Marita Gabre
%A Sepideh Olausson
%J Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
%@ 2057-1593
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2057158518775319
%X Increased knowledge is needed about what self-care means from the patients¡¯ perspective, especially since the patient population with type 2 diabetes has been rising. The aim was to describe self-care, as experienced by patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. This study adopted a phenomenological approach. Eight patients were interviewed. A combination of photos and interviews were used. The essential meaning of self-care was found to be an existential struggle that evokes feelings of being in-between one¡¯s old unhealthy life and a new healthier one. In this in-between condition, tension exits between contradictorily emotions of anxiety, hopelessness and hope. This struggle also means questioning one¡¯s identity. It is important that diabetes nurses create an opening for reflection and dare to challenge their patients to reflect on this existential struggle
%K lived experiences
%K newly diagnosed
%K phenomenology
%K reflective lifeworld research
%K self-care
%K type 2 diabetes
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2057158518775319