MBBCh, MPH, (MD /PhD) Public health and preventive medicine, Master of Diabetes care and education Dundee faculty of medicine-UK, Professor of public , UK
Research Article
Diabetic Neuropathy: Patients' Experiences and Perceptions: A Qualitative Study in Type 2 Diabetics
Author(s): Dr. Ibrahim El Bayoumy*
Background: Diabetic neuropathy is a serious complication of diabetes mellitus, it is a result from micro vascular injury that involves small blood vessels supplying the nerves(Vasa Vasorum), while the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing globally, it is will be accompanied with increase in the rates of diabetic neuropathy and its sequalae.
Objectives: To elucidate the experiences and perceptions of diabetic patients with neuropathic pain and their priorities and strategies to cope with this pain.
Design: It is qualitative study design using face to face interviews; the collected data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.
Participants: The study included 21 diabetic patients with complaint with diabetic neuropathy.
Results: 4 themes were emer.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6156.1000955
