Main Analytical Category 1
Number of Statements (n) |
Subcategory |
Quotation |
Factors Related to the Individual (38) |
|
Intake of sugar |
‘I didn’t know exactly, thought that it was because
one used sugar or … ate too much chocolate or sweets … I used to drink
coffee … with three spoons of sugar’ |
Heredity |
‘has to do with the family, my mother had diabetes
and my sisters and brothers … ’ |
Heredity. 2
|
|
Unhealthy dietary habits. 2
|
Obesity. 2
|
Pancreatic diseases. 2
|
Inactivity. 2
|
Infections. 2
|
Pregnancy. 2
|
Imbalance between warmth/cold or yin/yang. 2
|
Factors Related to Nature (3) |
|
Decreased pancreatic function due to intake of
margarine. |
‘as the pancreas works less well and the production
of insulin decreases. Since I came to Sweden 25 years ago and started to
cook with margarine … it’s not good’. |
Intake of diuretics. 2
|
|
Factors Related to the Social Sphere (12) |
|
Stress2
|
|
Disturbed relations to others, alive or dead. 2
|
Factors Related to the Individual and Social Sphere
(3) |
|
The physician has informed about the cause
|
‘… they said - the physician - it was this infection’ |
Experiences in the home country causing mental trauma
|
‘… what I experienced in my home country. Such shocks
where horror is involved … can cause big changes in the organism …
mental illness, depressions …’ |
Factors Related to the Supernatural Sphere (4) |
|
Fate 2
|
|
Punishment from God 2
|
Don’t Know (1) |
|
No cause 1
|
I can’t find any cause |
1 Analytical categories according to the lay model of illness causation by Helman (2007) [
15], in which causes of illness could be related to the individual, nature, social relations
and/or the supernatural world.
2 Findings from discussions of a list of potential causes of diabetes mellitus.