The level of disease acceptance in patients with type 2 diabetes during hospitalization and selected socio-demographic and medical factors

Aim
The level of disease acceptance in patients with type 2 diabetes during hospitalization and selected socio-demographic and medical factors

Material and methods
Adult patients (100) with type 2 diabetes, completed the validated self-reports Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS) and authors’socio-demographic questionnaire. The medical data such as: the level of glycohemoglobin (HbA1c), BMI, period of illness, present treatment, present diabetes complications were taken from the patients’ medical documentation.

Results
In the studied group the average level of illness acceptance according to the AIS scale was 24.77 pts. The acceptance of illness depends on the currently received treatment and some diabetes complications present in the patients. In the group there was no significant relationship between the place of living and the level of education of the patients and their level of illness acceptance, while their marital status affected the level of illness acceptance. The women in the studied group do not differ in a significant way from men in terms of their illness acceptance, presence of diabetes complications, BMI and the level of glycohemoglobin, neither do the two latter show any relation to the illness acceptance, while such a relation can be noticed with regard to the illness duration.

Conclusions
In therapeutic care and activities undertaken with respect to patients with type 2 diabetes, it is possible to consider the intensification of support for patients suffering from diabetes for a long time, widowed, treated with insulin, with complications such as: cerebral stroke, nephropathy, diabetic foot and limb amputation.