| 1 |
Change in dietary habits |
118 |
“You buy those ah ricola and all these things, go for those sugar-free instead of taking the normal. yah yesh” |
| 2 |
Diet restriction |
107 |
“Well I love durians! But I cut off durians.” |
| 3 |
Direct medical and non-medical cost |
81 |
“Diabetics food are all very expensive” “You know have to prick your finger, (which) I find it very troublesome. And it actually rather costly, and I feel like I'm throwing money away. Because each strip, it's not cheap you know.” |
| 4 |
Frustration |
73 |
“But currently I maintain it (HbA1c) at 10. But the doctor say, if you maintain at 10 in, 5 years' time, you going to get stroke and all. That's why we feel very frustrated.” |
| 5 |
Fear |
70 |
“But it did scare me, like oh my god, if this happen will my child have diabetes then probably I wouldn't want to get married anymore.” |
| 6 |
Lifestyle modifications |
62 |
“But before I was diabetic, I'm quite lazy, I won't do exercise and all that. Everywhere I go I will take bus, even one stop also. But nowadays it's not like that. My lifestyle has changed a lot. I'm staying at the ninth floor, so I go up my steps all the way.” |
| 7 |
Support from family |
59 |
“My elder daughter is quite supportive of over these matters so lor. Now I go for all these (check ups), she's she's always there.” |
| 8 |
Anxiety |
57 |
“Of course, I am worries every day, I am worries the whole day.” |
| 9 |
Adapting to DM is challenging |
49 |
“I started exercising and I went on a diet so to drop my HbA1c to 6.5. I am along the way but it is still very difficult to maintain discipline.” |
| 10 |
Acceptance |
48 |
“I mean it's already there you cannot change you know, so why give yourself that kind of stress you know. Just take it (as it comes)”. |
