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:: Volume 19, Issue 6 (February-March 2025) ::
IJNR 2025, 19(6): 50-62 Back to browse issues page
Self- improvement: lived experience of people with type 1 diabetes from self- compassion
Leila Mardanian , Heydarzadeh Maedeh , Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi *
Tehran University of Medical sciences , nikbakht@tums.ac.ir
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Background: People with diabetes face many emotional and psychological problems that affect their self-care ability and the need to find solutions to deal with the mental and psychological challenges of these people. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of explaining the lived experiences of people with type 1 diabetes of self-care so the present study was conducted with the aim of explaining the self-compassion experiences of people with diabetes.
Methods: the hermeneutic phenomenological method was used in this study. Participants were selected through purposive sampling from people with type 1 diabetes, with different sex, ages, education levels, and economic and social statuses. Data collection continued using semi-structured interviews until data richness was reached. Then the data analysis was done according to Dickelman's method 1989. Finally, 10 people with type-1 diabetes took part in this study.
Results: The findings of the present study show Self-improvement as the main theme with eight subthemes (self-kindness, self-forgiveness, empowering, adapting to the disease, a new look at life, towards being better, kindness to others, and spiritual beliefs).
Conclusion: Based on the results of the study and the perceived meaning of self-care for people with type 1 diabetes, teaching self-care behaviors to people with diabetes is recommended. With this in mind, it is suggested to design and apply a clinical guide for self-care and to examine its effect on the management of physical and mental challenges of people with type 1 diabetes.

 
Keywords: Self- improvement, Self-Compassion, Diabetes type 1, qualitative study
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Type of Study: Medical Surgical Nursing | Subject: nursing
Received: 2023/11/26 | Accepted: 2024/08/17 | Published: 2024/12/30
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Mardanian L, Maedeh H, Nikbakht Nasrabadi A. Self- improvement: lived experience of people with type 1 diabetes from self- compassion. IJNR 2025; 19 (6) :50-62
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