Affective Practices of Diabetes Self-Management Among Older Adults: Cumulative Effects of Childhood Adversity.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

A strong correlation exists between Type 2 diabetes mellitus and adverse childhood experiences. How adverse childhood experiences inform later-life diabetes management is less understood. This article examines diabetes management from the perspective of affective practice to explore the lingering impact of trauma biographies in diabetes management.

Research design and methods

This secondary narrative analysis of 15 in-depth interviews with community-dwelling older adults with diabetes (subsample of the Subjective Experiences of Diabetes Study) focuses on the ways their reported childhood adversity affects perceptions of and responses to diabetes self-management.

Results

The experiences of adversity in childhood accumulate, throughout the life

SUBMITTER: Roth EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9019651 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature