Popoola Mercy Mammah
College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Nursing, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8185, Statesboro, GA 30458, USA.
Holist Nurs Pract. 2005 Jan-Feb;19(1):10-6. doi: 10.1097/00004650-200501000-00006.
The purpose of this study was to understand the holistic and transcultural experience of living with, and growing old with, diabetes for Nigerians and for African Americans. In this study, 5 themes were identified and described; however, 2 drives-fear and living-were the main coping strategies that participants used to balance their life holistically. The results show that in the face of their fears, subjects from both cultures never gave up their hope for living. Rather, they often sought out and used holistic and complementary approaches while maintaining their spiritual faith and hope.
本研究的目的是了解尼日利亚人和非裔美国人患糖尿病并与之相伴终老的整体和跨文化经历。在本研究中，确定并描述了5个主题；然而，恐惧和生存这两种驱动力是参与者用来全面平衡生活的主要应对策略。结果表明，面对恐惧，来自两种文化背景的受试者从未放弃对生活的希望。相反，他们在保持精神信仰和希望的同时，经常寻求并采用整体和补充性方法。
