Living with diabetes: difficulties experienced in coping with, and managing, the disease [Viver e conviver com diabetes: dificuldades experienciadas no enfrentamento e manejo da doença] [Vivir y convivir con la diabetes: dificultades vividas en el afrontamiento y control de la enfermedad]

• Main Authors: Aliny de Lima Santos (Author), Gilvan Ferreira Felipe (Author), Leilane Barbosa Souza (Author), Saiwori de Jesus Bezerra dos Anjos (Author), Sonia Silva Marcon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: to learn, from the perspective of a person with type 2 diabetes, what it is like to live with the disease. Method: in this descriptive, qualitative study, 12 focus groups were carried out, with 26 people participating. All meetings were recorded, transcribed and submitted to content analy...