Experiences of self-management support in patients with diabetes and multimorbidity: a qualitative study in Norwegian general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The purpose of this study was to explore how patients with diabetes and multimorbidity experience self-management support by general practitioners (GPs), nurses and medical secretaries in Norwegian general practice.

Background

Self-management support is recognised as an important strategy to improve the autonomy and well-being of patients with long-term conditions. Collaborating healthcare professionals (cHCPs), such as nurses and medical secretaries, may have an important role in the provision of self-management support. No previous study has explored how patients with diabetes and multimorbidity experience self-management support provided by cHCPs in general practice in Norway.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews with 11 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1

SUBMITTER: Sorensen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7681169 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature