Perception of self-management and glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes receiving insulin injection therapy : A qualitative study

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AIM: The aim of this study was to explore the experience of self-management and glycaemic control in Chinese people with type 2 diabetes receiving insulin injection therapy.

METHODS: A qualitative descriptive design was adopted with individual, semi-structured interviews. Participants were selected by purposive sampling. All face-to-face interviews were conducted between December 2020 and January 2021. The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Content analysis was used to analyse the interview data.

RESULTS: A total of 27 participants were recruited and individually interviewed. Three themes were generated: integrating insulin injection therapy into daily self-management; experiencing uncertainty when coping with suboptimal glycaemic control; and self-management programmes for optimal diabetes control.

CONCLUSION: All of our findings increase the understanding of self-management and glycaemic control in people with T2D receiving insulin injection therapy. Healthcare professionals should recognise the unmet needs of this cohort to promote their diabetes management. Appropriate and effective self-management programmes should be developed and implemented to alleviate the negative impacts of insulin injection therapy on diabetes management with consideration of cultural and personal context.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Primary care diabetes - 17(2023), 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 587-594

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lo, Suzanne Hoi Shan [VerfasserIn]
Chow, Ka Ming [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Ni, Xiaoying [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Education
Glycaemic control
Insulin
Journal Article
Qualitative research
Self-management
Type 2 diabetes

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Date Completed 20.12.2023

Date Revised 05.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pcd.2023.08.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361557582