Erfassung von Ressourcen und Resilienz

In surveys of people with diabetes receiving inpatient treatment, about a third stated that they did not experience the disease and therapy as a burden. Research shows that individual resources and resilience (factors) play an important role in the adaptation process in order to cope well with the disease. It is therefore important to identify such resources and resilience factors during treatment in order to be able to implement personalized interventions to promote resilience at an early stage. The article shows easy-to-use options for this in practice. For example, questions from motivational interviewing (MI) can be used to record individual resources in the physician–patient consultation. Tried and tested questionnaire instruments exist for measuring evidence-based resilience factors. In addition, an economic resilience screening for people with diabetes is proposed, which includes the assessment of diabetes-related distress (Problem Areas in Diabetes Survey [PAID]), subjective well-being (WHO-5 Well-Being Index [World Health Organization]) and resilience as a psychological ability to recover (Brief Resilience Scale [BRS]). Finally, a case study is used to explain the practical benefits of the screening in order to specifically support people with diabetes in strengthening their motivation for therapy, willingness to change, and resilience.