Awareness of cardiovascular risk among persons with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study.

Lena Jutterström Anna-Lena Stenlund Julia Otten Mikael Lilja Karin Hellström Ängerud

Published in: International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being (2023)

Persons with T2D seemed not to fully grasp their increased risk of CVD or recognize that self-management activities were aimed at reducing this risk. However, their awareness of CVD risk gradually increased as they came to understand the severity of T2D and became more emotionally and existentially engaged.

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