The “Life-World” trip of type 2 diabetes patients with allopathic treatment options: a triangulated qualitative investigation
Background Patients with type 2 diabetes usually start treatment with oral hypoglycaemic medications once they have been diagnosed. They eventually require insulin injections. We looked into the experiences of such patients with allopathic treatment alternatives over the course of their journey.Meth...
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| author | Ewunetie Mekashaw Bayked Mesfin Haile Kahissay Birhanu Demeke Workneh |
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| description | Background Patients with type 2 diabetes usually start treatment with oral hypoglycaemic medications once they have been diagnosed. They eventually require insulin injections. We looked into the experiences of such patients with allopathic treatment alternatives over the course of their journey.Methods The study was conducted using a qualitative inquiry (phenomenological approach triangulated with modified grounded theory) from July 2019 to January 2020. A total of 24 participants (11 men and 13 women) were recruited purposively and interviewed face-to-face until theoretical saturation was reached. QDA Miner Lite v2.0.9 was used to categorise the data.Results The majority of patients had no previous notions regarding their illness. They did not have an emotional reaction to being diagnosed. They were uncomfortable on oral hypoglycaemic agents because of uncontrolled blood glucose and gastrointestinal disturbances, which were thought to be the main causes for medication changes. Initial insulin treatment experiences included fear of injection pain, difficulty self-injecting, and a sense of last resort. Insulin’s effectiveness, ease of injection with a little needle, and lack of gastrointestinal discomfort were all key reasons in changing the patients’ minds about it. Patients have rigorously adhered to insulin since it was found to improve health and bring life.Conclusion The “life-world” journey of patients with type 2 diabetes with allopathic treatment options was started to be informed of the “unknown” (diabetes), which leads to the “ugly life” (with oral agents), and bridge to and living with the “terrible” (insulin), which was later found to be effective and perceived as “life.”KEY MESSAGESPatients with type 2 diabetes believed that life with oral hypoglycaemic medications was “boring.”The major reasons for switching to insulin were “uncontrolled blood sugar levels” and “gastrointestinal disturbances” brought on by oral medications.Insulin first terrified type 2 diabetes patients, but they eventually referred to it as “life.” |
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| spelling | doaj.art-222510263a7044b2ab14d2dfa7927c5c2022-12-22T02:32:51ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Medicine0785-38901365-20602022-12-015412714272410.1080/07853890.2022.2122552The “Life-World” trip of type 2 diabetes patients with allopathic treatment options: a triangulated qualitative investigationEwunetie Mekashaw Bayked0Mesfin Haile Kahissay1Birhanu Demeke Workneh2Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Wollo University, Dessie, EthiopiaDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDepartment of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Wollo University, Dessie, EthiopiaBackground Patients with type 2 diabetes usually start treatment with oral hypoglycaemic medications once they have been diagnosed. They eventually require insulin injections. We looked into the experiences of such patients with allopathic treatment alternatives over the course of their journey.Methods The study was conducted using a qualitative inquiry (phenomenological approach triangulated with modified grounded theory) from July 2019 to January 2020. A total of 24 participants (11 men and 13 women) were recruited purposively and interviewed face-to-face until theoretical saturation was reached. QDA Miner Lite v2.0.9 was used to categorise the data.Results The majority of patients had no previous notions regarding their illness. They did not have an emotional reaction to being diagnosed. They were uncomfortable on oral hypoglycaemic agents because of uncontrolled blood glucose and gastrointestinal disturbances, which were thought to be the main causes for medication changes. Initial insulin treatment experiences included fear of injection pain, difficulty self-injecting, and a sense of last resort. Insulin’s effectiveness, ease of injection with a little needle, and lack of gastrointestinal discomfort were all key reasons in changing the patients’ minds about it. Patients have rigorously adhered to insulin since it was found to improve health and bring life.Conclusion The “life-world” journey of patients with type 2 diabetes with allopathic treatment options was started to be informed of the “unknown” (diabetes), which leads to the “ugly life” (with oral agents), and bridge to and living with the “terrible” (insulin), which was later found to be effective and perceived as “life.”KEY MESSAGESPatients with type 2 diabetes believed that life with oral hypoglycaemic medications was “boring.”The major reasons for switching to insulin were “uncontrolled blood sugar levels” and “gastrointestinal disturbances” brought on by oral medications.Insulin first terrified type 2 diabetes patients, but they eventually referred to it as “life.”https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2022.2122552Type 2 diabetesallopathylife-worldgrounded theoryphenomenology |
| spellingShingle | Ewunetie Mekashaw Bayked Mesfin Haile Kahissay Birhanu Demeke Workneh The “Life-World” trip of type 2 diabetes patients with allopathic treatment options: a triangulated qualitative investigation Annals of Medicine Type 2 diabetes allopathy life-world grounded theory phenomenology |
| title | The “Life-World” trip of type 2 diabetes patients with allopathic treatment options: a triangulated qualitative investigation |
| title_full | The “Life-World” trip of type 2 diabetes patients with allopathic treatment options: a triangulated qualitative investigation |
| title_fullStr | The “Life-World” trip of type 2 diabetes patients with allopathic treatment options: a triangulated qualitative investigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The “Life-World” trip of type 2 diabetes patients with allopathic treatment options: a triangulated qualitative investigation |
| title_short | The “Life-World” trip of type 2 diabetes patients with allopathic treatment options: a triangulated qualitative investigation |
| title_sort | life world trip of type 2 diabetes patients with allopathic treatment options a triangulated qualitative investigation |
| topic | Type 2 diabetes allopathy life-world grounded theory phenomenology |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2022.2122552 |
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