Burghoorn, Desirée G. (2020) Type 1 Diabetes, adolescence & depression - Patient’s perspectives on challenges during this life phase that may put them at risk for developing depressive symptoms. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
According to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, there are around 100.000 people have type 1 diabetes mellitus or so-called T1DM in the Netherlands. The risk of experiencing depressive symptoms is about twice as high for this group compared to people without this condition. Following the Seligmann’s Learned Helplessness theory, depression is more likely to develop as patients are confronted with the limitations of the autoimmune disease, resulting in motivational deficits and feelings of inescapable suffering. The combination of having a chronic disease and being between in adolescence is thus particularly worrisome with regards to developing depressive symptoms. This study aims to identify factors playing a role in adolescent T1DM patients’ experience that may put them at risk for developing depression. The double burden of having type 1 diabetes and experiencing depressive symptoms during this life phase. Hence, the research question: “What factors play a role in the increased vulnerability of Dutch type 1 diabetes mellitus patients during adolescence to develop depression from a patient’s perspective?” In total, six open-ended interviews were conducted with the use of a blank timeline. The factors were categorized by themes: the Self, the Popular and the Formal sector inspired by Kleinman’s sectors of a health system. After analysis, the self-image in relation to T1DM appears to be an important mediating factor in feeling helpless and feeling in control.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Oosterhoff, A.T. and Adaawen, S.A. |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2020 09:22 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2020 09:22 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3280 |
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