Nurses’ experiences of health promotion to patients with diabetes type 2 in Vietnam : A qualitative study

Sammanfattning: Title: Nurses’ experiences of health promotion to patients with diabetes type 2 in VietnamBackground: Diabetes is one of the seven major causes leading to death and disability in Vietnam. In the year 2021 the amount of people aged 20-79 with diabetes in Vietnam were 3.9 million, which is equal to 6.1% of Vietnam’s population. Health promotion is a central part of nursing and is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Person centered care is defined as to promote health based on how the individual person perceives health and sickness.Aim: Investigate Vietnamese nurses’ experiences of health promotion to patients with diabetes type 2.  Method: A qualitative design with an inductive approach. Nine nurses have been interviewed at one hospital in Vietnam through semi-structured interviews. Result: Three main categories, 1. Experiences of the importance of knowledge about health promotion, 2. Experiences of the importance of support to the patients to promote health, 3. Experiences of health promotion through educating and informing the patientConclusion: The Vietnamese nurses explained their knowledge and experiences of health promotion to patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), which included educating, supporting, and informing the patients. Vietnamese nurses have a need for more knowledge about health promotion.