Patient self-management "The earlier you accept the situation and work at controlling it, the fewer complications there will be," Tai Tong-yuan points out. Diabetes is a very difficult illness to deal with, and some people are simply not willing to accept that they have it. But it's impossible to escape the shadow of the disease, and therefore, the proportion of patients afflicted by depression can be high.
慢性病疾病自主管理「越早接受事實、努力控制，合併症越少，」戴東原指出，糖尿病是一種治療很困難的疾病，有一部分人打從心底不願意接受，但陰影揮之不去，因此憂鬱的比例較高。