The Internal Realities of Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: Mediators Influencing Self-Management Beliefs via Grounded Theory Approach.

ABSTRACT: Background: There has been an unabated rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) worldwide. Although T2D is highly preventable, these trends suggest that a paradigm change is much needed in the way both clinicians and policy makers view what effective T2D strategies conventionally entail. Hence, it is becoming increasingly clear that T2D patients require more than just a pharmacological approach to their disease. Evidence indicate that culturally specific mediators can help foster better self-management practices. We intend to discover psychosocial mediators that influence and support self-management beliefs in T2D patients. Methods: We adopted the grounded theory approach to guide in-depth interviews with T2D patients and health care professionals (HCP) at a regional p

SUBMITTER: Swarna Nantha Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7257383 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature