DISEASE LONGEVITY, LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS, SHORT-TERM COMPLICATIONS, AND HOPE LEVEL OF ADULTS WITH TYPE I DIABETES MELLITUS.
Contributors: Adelphi University.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Mental Health.; Education, Health.
Description: This descriptive study was devised to examine the relationship between diabetic stress, identified as disease longevity, the frequency and severity of short-term acute complications, the presence in number severity of long-term degenerative complications, and the level of hope in adult persons with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. The LeClair Integrated Conceptual Model was formulated and used as the conceptual framework.

Five questionnaires were utilized for data collection: Participant Information Sheet, Long-Term Complications Questionnaire, Short-Term Complications Questionnaire: Hypoglycemia, Short-Term Complications Questionnaire: Hyperglycemia, and the Herth Hope Scale. The Total Design Method was used for data collection. A convenience sample of 149 Type I diabetic adults, at least 25 years old, five years diabetic, and without additional chronic illnesses, were subjects. Multiple regression was utilized for data analysis.

Significant negative relationships were found between short-term complications and hope, and between long-term complications and hope. Disease longevity was not found to be significantly related to hope. One's perceived severity of all of his/her diabetic complications was more predictive of hope than were the independent variables. The research subjects were found relatively hopeful. The LeClair Integrated Conceptual Model was supportive and shown to be an effective representation of hoping and coping with chronic illness.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06, Section: B, page: 3127.

Thesis (PH.D.)--ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, 1995.

School code: 0001.