TY - JOUR
T1 - Euglycemia
T2 - A psychological study
AU - Weiner, M. F.
AU - Skipper, F. P.
PY - 1978
Y1 - 1978
N2 - A questionnaire study of 197 insulin-dependent diabetics which was supplemented by individual interviews with fourteen of the respondents suggests that few diabetics maintain tight control. Most maintain the level of control at which they are most physically or psychologically comfortable. However, tight control is feasible for the average diabetic. The main factors, which impede tight control are difficulty coping with stress of daily living, eating to satisfy emotional needs, discomfort at euglycemic levels, and fear of hypoglycemia. Re-regulation must therefore employ temporary reduction of life stress, some impediment to snacking, support through the discomfort of altering blood sugar level, and careful monitoring to avoid severe hypoglycemia. A specific type of hospital experience and/or involvement in an outpatient educational and treatment milieu are possible avenues to provide these necessary factors.
AB - A questionnaire study of 197 insulin-dependent diabetics which was supplemented by individual interviews with fourteen of the respondents suggests that few diabetics maintain tight control. Most maintain the level of control at which they are most physically or psychologically comfortable. However, tight control is feasible for the average diabetic. The main factors, which impede tight control are difficulty coping with stress of daily living, eating to satisfy emotional needs, discomfort at euglycemic levels, and fear of hypoglycemia. Re-regulation must therefore employ temporary reduction of life stress, some impediment to snacking, support through the discomfort of altering blood sugar level, and careful monitoring to avoid severe hypoglycemia. A specific type of hospital experience and/or involvement in an outpatient educational and treatment milieu are possible avenues to provide these necessary factors.
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U2 - 10.2190/nbj2-nt0r-d8gn-k2te
DO - 10.2190/nbj2-nt0r-d8gn-k2te
M3 - Article
C2 - 757217
AN - SCOPUS:0018045570
SN - 0091-2174
VL - 9
SP - 281
EP - 287
JO - International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
JF - International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
IS - 3-4
ER -