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RevCubanaMedGenIntegrv.26n.2CiudaddeLaHabanaabr.jun.2010
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RESUMEN
ABSTRACT
The diabetes mellitus is the fifth disease more frequent in old age and one of the
entities generating more psychological and behavioral requests by patient, since
most of its management is handled by itself. In diabetic patient, quality of life is
related to the metabolic control, which in it turn depends of multiple psychosocial
and behavioral factors. In elderly patient, in particular at the depression, the
anxiety and feelings of defencelessness are added the fairs due its diabetic status,
lapsing negatively in its psychic state and provoking a metabolic lack of control.
Thus, it is necessary the study of the adaptive response to disease in this
population segment, allowing to identify early the risky habits and behaviors that
may to interfere with the appropriate treatment fulfillment of and the metabolic
control. There are some areas related to the adaptive response: the perception of
disease severity, its psychological repercussion, associate nuisances, barriers for
treatment fulfillment and the health behavior. Among the factors able to modify the
expression of such response are included: old age, cognitive deterioration,
comorbid process, functional ability deterioration, depression and social support.
The study of the adaptive response to diabetes is a challenge for those interested in
this subject matter and a unpostponable to understand the human behavior role in
health-disease process and to improve the health practices.
Key words: Diabetes mellitus, old age, adaptive response, quality of life, metabolic
control.
INTRODUCCIN
Las personas con diabetes tienen mayor riesgo de sufrir depresin en relacin con
aquellos sujetos que no sufren esta enfermedad. Los pacientes diabticos pueden
sentirse solos o distanciados de sus amigos por los cuidados que deben tener. La ira
est tambin asociada a la diabetes en la medida en que el paciente se siente
amenazado.12,13 Al parecer la vida est saturada de temores, peligros, angustia y
serias complicaciones
Una ayuda brindada por alguien considerado como perteneciente a la red de apoyo,
significativa para la persona, puede ser una condicin importante para el desarrollo
de conductas adecuadas para enfrentar la enfermedad.14 Si el sujeto puede contar
con ms fuentes de apoyo desde sus diferentes espacios de interaccin, se
encontrar en mejores condiciones para asumir y responder a las exigencias que el
proceso de enfermedad demanda.
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