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Increasing diabetic self-care through guided imagery. |
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Friday, 15 August 2003 |
People have suspected for years that guided imagery is an ideal
intervention for people with diabetes. Because it lowers stress and
people with Type II Diabetes (also known as Adult Onset Diabetes) are
famously responsive to stress, it seems pretty obvious. But not a whole
lot of hard-core study has been done on the subject.
Harriet Conley Wichowski & Sylvia M. Kubsch have made a good start at studying imagery and diabetes. At the Professional Program in Nursing at the University
of Wisconsin-Green Bay,
they did a a small case study on the impact of guided imagery in
helping diabetic patients to adhere to a rigorous behavioral regimen.
Their article in Complementary Therapy Nurse Midwifery
[1999 Dec: 5(6):159-63] reports that, with several cases, a guided
imagery script used by health care practitioners was effective in
improving adherence to blood testing, exercise, weight management and
restrictive diet.
Citation: Wichowski HC, Kubsch SM. Increasing
diabetic self-care through guided imagery. Complement Ther Nurs
Midwifery. 1999 Dec;5(6):159-63.
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