Vol 12, No 2 (2011): Practical Diabetology
Research paper
Published online: 2011-08-05
Sense of coherence and the feeling of possessed knowledge about disease at persons with recognition of diabetes type 2
Diabetologia Praktyczna 2011;12(2):71-77.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION. The chronicity of disease, the lack
of self-control favours the formation of complications.
The educated patient provides for optimum
state of health. The coherence feeling is a factor
influencing on accepting the disease, commitment
in treatment and self-control. Aim: The qualification
of coherence feeling level and its influence on state
of possessed knowledge about illness.
MATERIAL AND METHODS. 80 patients with recognition of diabetes type 2 were given an examination, getting treatment in the Diabetics Centre of Province Joint Hospital as well as in the Diabetics Information bureau of the Specialist Hospital „Matopat” in Toruń. The following investigative tools were used: the own construction inquiry, which permitted verifying the patients’ knowledge about the diabetes type 2 before and after education as well as the Questionnaire of Life Orientation SOC-29 to describe the level of coherence feeling.
RESULTS. Examined people got an average result in general SOC. Essential differences were not showed among examined people in the range of global SOC and its components. Patients’ education caused raising of knowledge level of diabetes type 2. Investigations confirmed that persons with higher global SOC and with higher feeling of comprehensibleness assimilated the knowledge about illness more easily.
CONCLUSIONS. The qualification of coherence feeling level and its correlations with the state of possessed knowledge about, can serve as a factor influencing on effective fight with disease, the improvement of life quality and the preservation the optimum state of health at persons with recognition of diabetes type 2.
(Diabet. Prakt. 2011; 12, 2: 71–77)
MATERIAL AND METHODS. 80 patients with recognition of diabetes type 2 were given an examination, getting treatment in the Diabetics Centre of Province Joint Hospital as well as in the Diabetics Information bureau of the Specialist Hospital „Matopat” in Toruń. The following investigative tools were used: the own construction inquiry, which permitted verifying the patients’ knowledge about the diabetes type 2 before and after education as well as the Questionnaire of Life Orientation SOC-29 to describe the level of coherence feeling.
RESULTS. Examined people got an average result in general SOC. Essential differences were not showed among examined people in the range of global SOC and its components. Patients’ education caused raising of knowledge level of diabetes type 2. Investigations confirmed that persons with higher global SOC and with higher feeling of comprehensibleness assimilated the knowledge about illness more easily.
CONCLUSIONS. The qualification of coherence feeling level and its correlations with the state of possessed knowledge about, can serve as a factor influencing on effective fight with disease, the improvement of life quality and the preservation the optimum state of health at persons with recognition of diabetes type 2.
(Diabet. Prakt. 2011; 12, 2: 71–77)
Keywords: diabetes type 2sense of coherence (SOC)feeling of possessed knowledge about disease