ECE2013 Nurse Posters (1) (5 abstracts)
Living in the shadow and light: Iranian youths’ response to diabetes-related stigma
Samereh Abdoli 1 , Mehri Doosti Irani 2 , Sorror Parvizy 3 , Naeimeh Seied Fatemi 3 , Masood Amini 4 & Bijan Iraj 4
1Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 2Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 3Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 4Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Introduction: Diabetes is one of the most acceptable chronic diseases. However, diabetes-related stigma is proposed as an important and striking phenomenon in many countries especially in Asian countries such as Iran. This study aimed to explore the responses of Iranian young people with type 1 diabetes to the diabetes-related stigma.
Methods: Conventional qualitative content analysis approach guided this inquiry. Volunteered people with type 1 diabetes were recruited by purposeful sampling from one endocrine and metabolism center in Isfahan in 2012. Data gathering was done through 17 individual unstructured in-depth interviews and three focus groups. Data saturation was achieved through 33 participants. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.
Results: All participants acknowledged stigma and responded it in different ways, which was categorized in two main categories including living in the shadow (hide and seek, missing diabetes, withdrawal) and moving toward light (diabetes disclosure, destruction of the false bubbles).
Conclusion: The most response especially for girls was to live in the shadow of silence that can be associated with negative consequences affecting diabetes management. Moving towards the light, suggests that it is possible to help people with type 1 diabetes to achieve a normal life as much as possible. It is necessary to plan the anti-stigma programs and engage them actively to reduce stigma and mitigate or prevent its negative impacts.
Keywords: Diabetes-related Stigma, People with Type 1, IRAN.
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