Stover, J. C. and Skelly, A. H. and Holditch-Davis, D. and Dunn, P. F., Perceptions of health and their relationship to symptoms in African American women with type 2 diabetes.,
Appl Nurs Res, vol. 14 no. 2
(May, 2001),
pp. 72-80, ISSN 0897-1897 [11319702], [doi]
(last updated on 2016/01/06)
Abstract:
Diabetes mellitus is an incurable disease and a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Diabetes disproportionately affects members of minorities who suffer from higher rates of complications and greater disability (Cowie & Eberhardt, 1996). The purpose of this study was to (a) describe the symptoms of African American women with Type 2 diabetes and examine the relationship among diabetes-related symptoms; (b) document complications of diabetes and perceptions of health and functioning; and (c) examine the relationship between duration of diabetes and age at diagnosis and perceived health. A convenience sample of 75 African American women with Type 2 diabetes were interviewed. A 44-item questionnaire measured selected demographic variables, symptoms, documented complications, and their perceived relationship to diabetes. The SF-20 was used to measure perceptions of health status. Data show that African American women with Type 2 diabetes have a wide variety of symptoms and poor perceptions of their general health and physical functioning.
Keywords:
Activities of Daily Living • Adult • African Americans • Age Factors • Aged • Aged, 80 and over • Attitude to Health • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 • Female • Health Status* • Humans • Middle Aged • Nursing Methodology Research • Quality of Life • Questionnaires • Southeastern United States • Time Factors • Women • complications* • ethnology* • metabolism • physiopathology • psychology*
