Patients' perspective on self-management: type 2 diabetes in daily life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients and related treatment costs are rapidly increasing. Consequentially, more cost-effective and efficient strategies for the treatment of T2DM are needed. One such strategy is improving patients' self-management. As patients are more and more expected to self-manage their disease, it is important to provide them with suitable self-management support. This way, success of self-management will increase and complications and related costs of T2DM can be reduced. Currently, self-management support is developed mainly from the perspective of health professionals and caregivers, rather than patients. This research focused on gaining a better understanding of patients' perspectives on self-management and support.

Methods

SUBMITTER: van Smoorenburg AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714441 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature