title: Couple's relationship with diabetes: means and meanings for management success.
abstract: Diabetes is a serious chronic illness that involves individuals, couples, and families in complex reciprocal interactions with the illness and other life dimensions. A major issue in diabetes management is how well the patient is able to follow the established medical regimen of selfcare. Situated within personal, physical, and social contexts, the meaning that a couple creates and the emotions they feel in their adaptation to living with diabetes and its demanding regimen can be viewed as the couple's relationship with diabetes.
authors: Loma Linda UniversityThe University of Michigan.
authors: Ruth A
authors: RA
authors: Houston-Barrett
authors: Colwick M
authors: CM
authors: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult