Understanding Self-Care Patterns in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Insights From a Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to explore self-care among adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to (1) characterise possible self-care profiles in adults with T1D; (2) explain self-care maintenance, monitoring and management within the self-care profiles; and (3) develop a typology of self-care in adults with T1D.

Design

Mixed-methods study with explanatory sequential design.

Methods

Participants (n = 200) completed a validated self-care survey. Cluster analysis of survey data was performed to identify self-care profiles. Then, semi-structured individual interviews were performed with a nested sample (n = 20) stratified by these profiles. Directed content analysis was applied to transcript data to describe self-care within profiles. Findings were integrated via joint displ

SUBMITTER: Matus AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12231084 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature