Abstract
When health is defined from a holistic view, traditional measures of control in diabetes, such as analysis of blood glucose or HbA1c, are of limited use as indicators of health and unhealth. On the other hand, evaluation of attitudes and certain personality variables might provide guidance both in discovering unhealth and in creating individual self-care programmes for its treatment. In the present study the subjective experience of health and unhealth was studied in a defined population of patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). The patients could be divided into three categories: a) those not abandoning important goals because of their diabetes, b) "adapted abandoners" and, c) those abandoning vital aspects of life. On the basis of the findings, the question of how "problem patients" can be identified and treated is discussed.
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