A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes
© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Objective: While many people with Type 1 diabetes find it difficult to achieve recommended blood glucose levels, a minority do achieve good control. Our study was conceived by patient and public (PP) partners and sought to learn abo...
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| author | Smith, D. Donnelly, P. Howe, J. Mumford, T. Campbell, Alan Ruddock, A. Tierney, S. Wearden, A. |
| author_facet | Smith, D. Donnelly, P. Howe, J. Mumford, T. Campbell, Alan Ruddock, A. Tierney, S. Wearden, A. |
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| description | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Objective: While many people with Type 1 diabetes find it difficult to achieve recommended blood glucose levels, a minority do achieve good control. Our study was conceived by patient and public (PP) partners and sought to learn about experiences of people living with well-controlled diabetes. Design: A collaboration between academic health psychologists and five PP partners with experience of diabetes, who were trained to conduct and analyse semi-structured interviews. Fifteen adults with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes were interviewed about the history of their diabetes and their current self-management practices. Interviews were subjected to inductive thematic analysis. Results: Eight sub-themes were arranged into two overarching themes, ‘facing up to diabetes’ and ‘balance leads to freedom’. Participants described a process of acceptance and mastery of diabetes, and talked about how they gained a deeper understanding of bodily processes through trial and error. Conclusion: Based on the experiences of people with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes, interventions for people with this condition should encourage acceptance of the diagnosis and increasing confidence to experiment with behaviours (trial and error) to encourage ‘mastery’ of self-management. The research collaboration described here is an example of best practice for future researchers wanting to actively engage PP partners. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-713702018-12-13T09:33:29Z A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes Smith, D. Donnelly, P. Howe, J. Mumford, T. Campbell, Alan Ruddock, A. Tierney, S. Wearden, A. © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Objective: While many people with Type 1 diabetes find it difficult to achieve recommended blood glucose levels, a minority do achieve good control. Our study was conceived by patient and public (PP) partners and sought to learn about experiences of people living with well-controlled diabetes. Design: A collaboration between academic health psychologists and five PP partners with experience of diabetes, who were trained to conduct and analyse semi-structured interviews. Fifteen adults with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes were interviewed about the history of their diabetes and their current self-management practices. Interviews were subjected to inductive thematic analysis. Results: Eight sub-themes were arranged into two overarching themes, ‘facing up to diabetes’ and ‘balance leads to freedom’. Participants described a process of acceptance and mastery of diabetes, and talked about how they gained a deeper understanding of bodily processes through trial and error. Conclusion: Based on the experiences of people with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes, interventions for people with this condition should encourage acceptance of the diagnosis and increasing confidence to experiment with behaviours (trial and error) to encourage ‘mastery’ of self-management. The research collaboration described here is an example of best practice for future researchers wanting to actively engage PP partners. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71370 10.1080/08870446.2017.1423313 Routledge restricted |
| spellingShingle | Smith, D. Donnelly, P. Howe, J. Mumford, T. Campbell, Alan Ruddock, A. Tierney, S. Wearden, A. A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes |
| title | A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes |
| title_full | A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes |
| title_fullStr | A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes |
| title_full_unstemmed | A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes |
| title_short | A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes |
| title_sort | qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled type 1 diabetes |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71370 |