Exploring Problem Areas of Elderly Patients with Diabetes and the Support Provided by Their Family

Dastan B., HİNTİSTAN S.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.12, sa.1, ss.177-184, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.33808/clinexphealthsci.895039
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.177-184
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Affective symptoms, aged, diabetes mellitus, family, nursing, ADULTS, PEOPLE, PAID
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Diabetes increases problems in emotional areas particularly among the elderly patients by aggravating negative emotions such as loss, anxiety and fear and makes these patients need higher level of family support. This study aims at exploring problematic areas of the elderly diabetic patients and their family support levels.