Diabetes mellitus typ 1: Vuxnas skattningar och upplevelser av livskvalitet vid kolhydraträkning : En litteraturstudie

Sammanfattning: Background: Type 1 Diabetes is a disease that is present in all ages. A treatment with carbohydrate counting and flexible insulin dosing provides a freer diet and is used today in much of the world. Carbohydrate counting with flexible insulin dosing can improve the quality of life in people with diabetes. With support and training the nurse has an important role to support people in their self-care. Aim: To describe how adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus rated and felt their quality of life when using carbohydrate calculated insulin dose and to describe included studies' data collection methods. Method: Descriptive literature review of 13 articles. Literature searches were made in the databases PubMed and CINAHL. Main results: After participating in a structured training regarding carbohydrate counting with flexible insulin dosing rated and experienced the adults with type 1 diabetes, an increased quality of life with greater freedom to customize their diet according to their life situation. Their knowledge of diabetes increased, which gave them a better self-control and self-esteem leading to better self-care. The number of severe hypoglycemia and the fear of them decreased with a carbohydrate calculated insulin dose. Articles used validated questionnaires as data collection methods. Conclusion: Adults with type 1 diabetes, who participated in a structured education in carbohydrate counting with flexible insulin dosing increased their quality of life in both the short and long term and got a better understanding of the disease that gave better self-control and self-esteem leading to better self-care.