Scopus
It is not diabetic foot: It is my foot
Journal of Wound Care · Ocak 2019
Makale Bilgileri
DergiJournal of Wound Care
Yayın TarihiOcak 2019
Cilt / Sayfa28 · 30-37
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85059799028
Özet
Objective: To examine the experiences of patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Method: This qualitative study, using patient interviews, focused on how inpatients receiving treatment for diabetes experience the disease. Patients were selected using a purposive sampling method. Results: A total of 15 patients participated in the study. Following analysis of patient interviews, four main themes were determined: 'developing diabetic foot', 'living with diabetic foot', 'coping with diabetic foot' and 'expectations'. Conclusion: Most of the patients were afraid of losing their feet and had difficulties in coping with the situation. Patients expected health professionals to understand the difficulties they were experiencing. To better understand the needs and experiences of patients, healthcare professionals should work with these patient groups as part of in-service training programmes. Such programmes should also include therapeutic communication techniques and models for professional patient-client communication. Declaration of interest: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.
Yazarlar (5)
1
Meltem Meriç
2
Gül Ergün
3
Coskun Meric
ORCID: 0000-0002-0766-0517
4
Ibrahim Demirci
ORCID: 0000-0002-6808-8550
5
Ömer Azal
Anahtar Kelimeler
Diabetic foot
Lived experiences
Nursing
Psychosocial approach
Kurumlar
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi
Burdur Turkey
University of Health Sciences
Istanbul Turkey
Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi
Nicosia Cyprus
Metrikler
19
Atıf
5
Yazar
4
Anahtar Kelime