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A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes
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Smith, Debbie M., Donnelly, Peter J., Howe, John, Mumford, Terry, Campbell, Alan, Ruddock, Angela, Tierney, Stephanie and Wearden, Alison (2018) A qualitative interview study of people living with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes. Psychology & Health, 33 (7). pp. 872-887. doi:10.1080/08870446.2017.1423313 ISSN 0887-0446.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2017.1423313
Abstract
Objective:
While many people with Type 1 diabetes find it difficult to achieve recommended blood glucose levels, a minority do achieve good control. Our study was conceived by patient and public (PP) partners and sought to learn about experiences of people living with well-controlled diabetes.
Design:
A collaboration between academic health psychologists and five PP partners with experience of diabetes, who were trained to conduct and analyse semi-structured interviews. Fifteen adults with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes were interviewed about the history of their diabetes and their current self-management practices. Interviews were subjected to inductive thematic analysis.
Results:
Eight sub-themes were arranged into two overarching themes, ‘facing up to diabetes’ and ‘balance leads to freedom’. Participants described a process of acceptance and mastery of diabetes, and talked about how they gained a deeper understanding of bodily processes through trial and error.
Conclusion:
Based on the experiences of people with well-controlled Type 1 diabetes, interventions for people with this condition should encourage acceptance of the diagnosis and increasing confidence to experiment with behaviours (trial and error) to encourage ‘mastery’ of self-management. The research collaboration described here is an example of best practice for future researchers wanting to actively engage PP partners.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Warwick Research in Nursing > Royal College of Nursing Research Institute (RCN) (- July 2017) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Psychology & Health | ||||||
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | ||||||
ISSN: | 0887-0446 | ||||||
Official Date: | 19 January 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 33 | ||||||
Number: | 7 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 872-887 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/08870446.2017.1423313 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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