caa a22 4500 397499507 CHVBK 20180308164529.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199506 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/fampra/12.2.184 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/fampra/12.2.184 No symptoms, no problem? Patients′ understandings of non-insulin dependent diabetes [Elektronische Daten] [Elizabeth Murphy, Ann Louise Kinmount] Depth interviews were carried out with 46 people with non-insulin dependent diabetes. In the course of narrative accounts, respondents displayed their thinking about the nature of diabetes and their understandings of how one ought to respond to it. Two variations in patients′ interpretations of diabetes are discussed here: the extent to which patients primarily orientated themselves toward symptom control or toward prevention of complications, and their perceptions of the seriousness of the condition. Most patients believed diabetes to be a serious condition, which could cause complications. However, many were able to reconcile such beliefs with a less than whole-hearted adherence to medical advice about lifestyle. The analysis suggests a range of specific areas of diabetes care where patients could be more fully informed. Most importantly it describes a range of ways in which patients present their nonadherence to medical advice about lifestyle as entirely rational, given their perceptions of diabetes and its personal implications for each of them. Better understanding of such perceptions by health professionals may improve therapeutic alliances. © Oxford University Press Doctors and patients nationallicence Murphy Elizabeth School of Social Studies, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK, UK aut Kinmount Ann Louise Department of Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton UK aut Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/2(1995-06), 184-192 0263-2136 12:2<184 1995 12 famprj https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.2.184 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.2.184 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Murphy Elizabeth School of Social Studies, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kinmount Ann Louise Department of Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/2(1995-06), 184-192 0263-2136 12:2<184 1995 12 famprj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford