Illness identity in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus:a review
Illness identity has a significant effect on blood glucose control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.When pa-tients have adaptive disease identity,they are more inclined to cope with and manage the disease with a positive attitude to achieve disease management goals.In this paper,the definition,assessment tools(including the Illness Identity Questionnaire and the Ac-cepting Diabetes and Personal Treatment Survey),influencing factors(mainly including gender,self-management behavior,psy-chosocial factors,and social support)and intervention measures of illness identity(including narrative therapy,psychodrama inter-vention,and the application of modern information technology)were reviewed,in order to provide a referencefor nursing staff to carry out relevant research and specify intervention programs.