Managing Type 2 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review and Qualitative Study Using Systematic Literature Review and Reddit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted how people accessed health services and likely how they managed chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). Social media forums present a source of qualitative data to understand how adaptation might have occurred from the perspective of the patient.

Objective

Our objective is to understand how the care-seeking behaviors and attitudes of people living with T2D were impacted during the early part of the pandemic by conducting a scoping literature review. A secondary objective is to compare the findings of the scoping review to those presented on a popular social media platform Reddit.

Methods

A scoping review was conducted in 2021. Inclusion criteria were population with T2D, studies are patient-centered, and study object

SUBMITTER: Nagpal MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11342012 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature