Objective. To know cultural and emotional factors of diabetic patients facing the disease. Methods.  Methodology was qualitative, with ethnographic design. Sample comprised 10 patients, with type 2 diabetes, workers of Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán de Huánuco to whom a semi-structured interview was applied, and data analysis was carried out with the program Atlas.ti. Results. The diabetic patient shows cultural differences that include the subject and their experience of illness.  Illness limits patient’s social life. The important values found are settled fundamentally in family  support and in feeling productive assuming responsibilities. Their cultural representations do not match their cultural practices since, in theory, they know what to do to adhere to treatment (diet, exercise, and take medicine) but in practice they do the opposite. Diabetic patients ...

Objective. To know cultural and emotional factors of diabetic patients facing the disease. Methods. Methodology was qualitative, with ethnographic design. Sample comprised 10 patients, with type 2 diabetes, workers of Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán de Huánuco to whom a semi-structured interview was applied, and data analysis was carried out with the program Atlas.ti. Results. The diabetic patient shows cultural differences that include the subject and their experience of illness. Illness limits patient’s social life. The important values found are settled fundamentally in family support and in feeling productive assuming responsibilities. Their cultural representations do not match their cultural practices since, in theory, they know what to do to adhere to treatment (diet, exercise, and take medicine) but in practice they do the opposite. Diabetic patients are influenced by ...