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Self‐care in migrants with type 2 diabetes, during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Self‐care in migrants with type 2 diabetes, during the COVID‐19 pandemic INTRODUCTIONType 2 diabetes is a risk factor for severe illness and increased risk of mortality when affected by COVID‐19 (Huang et al., 2020; Kumar et al., 2020; Mantovani et al., 2020; Rajpal et al., 2020). Type 2 diabetes is increasing across the world and particularly affects vulnerable groups in society, such as migrants (Cho et al., 2018). Migrants are foreign‐born people who have moved to another country, either voluntarily as immigrants or involuntarily as refugees (IOM, 2019). Sweden, like other European countries, has been transformed during recent decades into a multicultural society, due to ongoing global migration, and now has a population of approximately 10 million, of whom 19% were born abroad (SOS, 2020). Most of the immigrants in Sweden were born in Syria, Iraq, Finland, Poland, or Somalia. During the last decade, migration to Sweden has been dominated by people of non‐European origin, with the largest group being refugees from the Middle East (SCB, 2016). Research shows that migrant patients with type 2 diabetes, especially those from the Middle East, often lack knowledge about the disease and have inadequate self‐care, causing an increased prevalence of diabetes with poor glycaemic control compared to the native Swedish population (Bennet et al., 2014; Elinder et al., 2017; Rawshani et al., 2018; Wandell http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Nursing Scholarship Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2023 Sigma Theta Tau International
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1527-6546
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1547-5069
DOI
10.1111/jnu.12842
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Abstract

INTRODUCTIONType 2 diabetes is a risk factor for severe illness and increased risk of mortality when affected by COVID‐19 (Huang et al., 2020; Kumar et al., 2020; Mantovani et al., 2020; Rajpal et al., 2020). Type 2 diabetes is increasing across the world and particularly affects vulnerable groups in society, such as migrants (Cho et al., 2018). Migrants are foreign‐born people who have moved to another country, either voluntarily as immigrants or involuntarily as refugees (IOM, 2019). Sweden, like other European countries, has been transformed during recent decades into a multicultural society, due to ongoing global migration, and now has a population of approximately 10 million, of whom 19% were born abroad (SOS, 2020). Most of the immigrants in Sweden were born in Syria, Iraq, Finland, Poland, or Somalia. During the last decade, migration to Sweden has been dominated by people of non‐European origin, with the largest group being refugees from the Middle East (SCB, 2016). Research shows that migrant patients with type 2 diabetes, especially those from the Middle East, often lack knowledge about the disease and have inadequate self‐care, causing an increased prevalence of diabetes with poor glycaemic control compared to the native Swedish population (Bennet et al., 2014; Elinder et al., 2017; Rawshani et al., 2018; Wandell

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Journal of Nursing ScholarshipWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2023

Keywords: COVID‐19; migrants; primary healthcare; self‐care; type 2 diabetes

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