Themes | Sub-themes |
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(1) Attitudes toward disease | Symptoms at diagnosis and concerns |
• Neurological symptoms: headache, dizziness, stroke | |
• General symptoms: fatigue, thirsty, frequent urinate | |
• Asymptomatic with incidental DM diagnosis | |
Effect to ADLs/Non effect to ADLs | |
Health belief related to disease causation | |
- Irreversible condition (risk form older, genetic disease) | |
- Behavior (lack of exercise, poor diet control, obesity) | |
- Cause from hypertension and dyslipidemia | |
- Unknown | |
(2) Attitudes toward treatment | Daily medication prescription |
- Afraid of adverse effects from medications, especially renal side effects | |
- Understand and accept medical treatment | |
Adverse effect associated with treatment | |
- Has experienced | |
- Has experienced but corrected by health care team | |
Number of medications taken perceived as: | |
- Too many | |
- Appropriate | |
(3) Attitudes toward family support | - No family involvement or reminders to take medication |
- Family support in various ways | |
(4) Attitudes toward health care team | Providing treatment and advice |
- Fear of diabetic complications | |
- Trust doctor’s advice | |
Doctor-patient relationship | |
- Doctor demonstrated compassion and understanding |