ArticlePatient preference and adherence2023
A Mixed Methods Assessment of Self- Management Needs and Preferences of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China.
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- Barriers and facilitators to primary care management of type 2 diabetes in Shijiazhuang City, China: a mixed methods study.BMC primary care · 2024Trial
- Lifestyle modification awareness and its association with biochemical control among diabetes mellitus patients: A mixed-methods study.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Self-Management Behaviours in Type 2 Diabetes Across Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: An Updated Narrative Review to Enhance Patient Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Customization options in consumer health information materials on type-2 diabetes mellitus-an analysis of modifiable features in different types of media.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Investigation of Exercise Interventions on Postoperative Recovery in Lung Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Study Using Web Crawling Technology.Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among patients with diabetes mellitus and hyperuricemia toward disease self-management.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Consistent and effective self-management is a major challenge for people with diabetes and long-term effects can be difficult to sustain despite the many interventions. Interventions often fail to take patients' perceptions of self-management into account from their perspective. Exploring the needs preferences and the influencing factors of self-management in patients can improve the effectiveness of self-management. Methods: This study used a mixed research approach, exploring patient needs and preferences through web crawl methods and using qualitative interviews to explore the logic of preferences. 1605 data were obtained from 4 online health communities through web crawlers. Data were coded using grounded theory to analyze self-management needs. The codes were also coded for frequency statistics and ranked to explain the self-management preferences. The second phase explained the logic of the ranked distribution of preferences through one-on-one interviews with 22 patients. Results: This study summarized six self-management needs of people with diabetes through web crawler data, among which medication management and conflict between disease and daily life were the most important concerns of patients. The reasons why patients are particularly concerned about these two needs were explored through qualitative interviews, and it was found that patients' concerns about medication were mainly due to the following three aspects: the effect of drugs is direct and obvious, medication use makes life less complicated, and progressive side effects. The patients' concerns about the conflict between disease and daily life are often caused by the following three aspects: diabetes impacts social roles, disease complicates life, and reducing the impact of the disease on life. Conclusion: The self-management needs of Chinese diabetics have six themes. Medication management, conflict between disease and daily life, diet, diabetes knowledge, blood glucose monitoring and exerciseIn order of frequency of mention and possible preference: medication management, conflict between disease and daily life were the most frequent needs, while diet, knowledge about diabetes, blood glucose monitoring and exercise were their least frequent needs.Understanding the individual's perception and understanding of diabetes self-management and the expression of the patient's daily life situations can guide the medical team to optimize collaboration on personalized care plans.
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