INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND DIABETES

How Do People With Intellectual Disabilities and Diabetes Experience and Perceive Their Illness

Abstract

The pervasiveness of diabetes is comparatively elevated amongst individuals having intellectual disability. Nevertheless, there is very little information regarding the way individuals having intellectual disability go experience having diabetes and the way they cope with the situation. This is a research conducted by interviewing seventeen individuals having mild to moderate intellectual disability who also have diabetes. A framework is employed on the perceptions of illness posing an impact on the self management of diabetes as a foundation for the qualitative analysis as well as for the interviews. Diabetes is allied to the feelings of loss with respect to the choices and the intake of food, and also to being managed and organized. There is a lack of data regarding diabetes for individuals having intellectual disability however there are queries about it. The members of family with diabetes frequently play as a role model. Self management of diabetes is hindered by a lack of support, motivation and information, living accommodation and mood, health factors, and some prospects of learning. There is hardly any communication and interaction taking place amongst the individuals having diabetes and health professionals regarding diabetes. to develop information regarding diabetes along with the concerned individuals is a significant move in the way to involvement in the activities of self management. The professional staff at the same time in living arrangements must support and stimulate the establishment of skills for self management amongst individuals having diabetes, by means of imparting prospects to develop and learn. For this reason, the professional staff additionally requires information and skills for the order of being capable of supporting individuals having intellectual disability in developing the confidence and skills required by them for leading fulfilling and active lives, in spite of having diabetes.

Introduction4

Literature Review4

Study Design7

Sampling7

Data Collection8

Study Method9

Study Tools: Validity and Reliability10

Ethical considerations of the Research10

Limitations to the Research11

Discussion11

Comprehending the theme of Diabetes12

The Life Experiences of Diabetes and Intellectual Disabilities13

Managing the Ailment of Diabetes15

Conclusion16

References18

Introduction

Diabetes mellitus is an unceasing state wherein levels of glucose are quite escalated. First type of diabetes is classified by the inability of a body to develop insulin and is treated by means of diet control and insulin injections. In the second type, sufficient insulin is not produced by the body nor does the body employ the insulin effectively. Lifestyle control is the first line therapy for the second type of diabetes, which is followed by medication for the order of reducing the levels of blood glucose. Estimation has been made that 1.1 million individuals died due to diabetes in the year 2010 all through the world and the proposed figures presented an increase of fifty percent in morbidity over the coming ten years.

Literature Review

There is significant amount of research within the general population revealing that beliefs and experiences relating to diabetes may impact self care that consequently affects the control and outcome of illness. Several themes have been found through qualitative studies taking into consideration the experiences ...