TY - JOUR
T1 - "Diabetes is my companion"
T2 - Lifestyle and self-management among good and poor control Mexican diabetic patients
AU - de Alba Garcia, Javier Garcia
AU - Rocha, Ana L.Salcedo
AU - Lopez, Ivette
AU - Baer, Roberta D.
AU - Dressler, William
AU - Weller, Susan C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funded by CONACYT Grant #34153-S to J. Garcia De Alba and A. Salcedo Rocha and by NSF Grants # SBR 9807373 to R. Baer and # SBR 9727322 to S. Weller. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Dallas, TX, USA, April 2004.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - This paper identifies naturally occurring lifestyle and self-care practices in managing type 2 diabetes mellitus that are associated with good glycemic control. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted in Guadalajara, Mexico, with 31 matched pairs of good and poor control diabetic patients (n=62), who were matched on their duration of disease and use of medications. While many themes were listed by both groups, a comparison of the responses indicated that themes of daily exercise with a preference for walking, eating beef and milk rather than chicken and fish, economic issues, and emotional issues distinguished poor-control patients. Good-control patients were more likely to have a negative reaction to their initial diagnosis, take a more comprehensive approach to control, eat only two meals a day (plus snacks), use noncaloric beverages to satisfy desires for more food, and know what their blood sugar levels should be.
AB - This paper identifies naturally occurring lifestyle and self-care practices in managing type 2 diabetes mellitus that are associated with good glycemic control. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted in Guadalajara, Mexico, with 31 matched pairs of good and poor control diabetic patients (n=62), who were matched on their duration of disease and use of medications. While many themes were listed by both groups, a comparison of the responses indicated that themes of daily exercise with a preference for walking, eating beef and milk rather than chicken and fish, economic issues, and emotional issues distinguished poor-control patients. Good-control patients were more likely to have a negative reaction to their initial diagnosis, take a more comprehensive approach to control, eat only two meals a day (plus snacks), use noncaloric beverages to satisfy desires for more food, and know what their blood sugar levels should be.
KW - Diabetes mellitus
KW - Glycemic control
KW - Hispanics/Latinos
KW - Mexico
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Self-management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 17383785
AN - SCOPUS:34247882714
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 64
SP - 2223
EP - 2235
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
IS - 11
ER -