2023/12/15 by A. Yu. Timashkov, Timashkov, A. Y., I. N. Abrosimov +3
Medicine · #Diabetes Management and Education #FOS: Biological sciences #Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2312.10122
openalex publication_date 2023/12/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper presents the results of a study on the perception of illness and adaptation parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes. The study involved 173 patients diagnosed with "Type 2 Diabetes" (ICD-11 code 5 A 11). The average age of the patients was 55.21+/-13.47 and the average duration of the disease was 11.79+/-8.16. Two profiles of illness perception were identified: Profile 1 - "Perception of illness threat" and Profile 2 - "Perception of illness and treatment controllability". Three types of illness perception were also identified: Type 1 - "Formed illness threat and negative beliefs about illness and treatment control" (Group 1); Type 2 - "Unformed illness threat and neutral beliefs about illness and treatment control" (Group 2); Type 3 - "Formed illness threat and positive beliefs about illness and treatment control" (Group 3). Targets for further psychological interventions were formulated for each identified type.