title: [Feelings of adolescents with diabetes mellitus regarding the process of living with the disease].
abstract: Qualitative research conducted in a diabetes service in the countryside of the state of Ceará, Brazil, with 11 teenagers with diabetes mellitus. The study aimed to understand the experience of adolescents facing the process of living with diabetes. Data were collected in 2007 May and June, through semi-structured interviews. It was observed that the teenager faces difficulties since the moment of diagnosis, especially because their food habits and lifestyles need to change, triggering feelings like fear, insecurity and anger. Over time, they incorporate the necessary changes to treatment and care, and begin to see the disease as normal. One concludes that it is necessary to understand teenagers, their behaviors, fears and desires and support them in the different areas of this experience.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Pio IX-PI, Programa de Saúde da Família, Pio IX-Piauí, Brasil.
authors.forename: Delmo de Carvalho
authors.initials: Dde C
authors.lastname: Alencar
authors.forename: Adman Câmara Soares
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Vitória de Cássia Félix
authors.initials: Vde C
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Karla Jimena de Araújo de Jesus
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: Marta Maria Coelho
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Damasceno
authors.forename: Ana Maria Parente Garcia
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alencar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult