Family behaviours that have an impact on the self‐management activities of adults living with Type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta‐synthesis

Vongmany, Jeffrey; Luckett, Tim; Lam, Lawrence T.; Phillips, Jane

doi:10.1111/dme.13547

Cited by 43 publications

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“…Despite having been taught how to measure/monitor their blood glucose, four out of ten Pakistani women and half of the Emirati participants reported that selfmeasurements were challenging to do themselves. This is consistent with results of previous studies that have shown that social support plays a vital role in the management of T2DM patients, especially for those with low levels of education [144,242,[249][250][251][252]. To the contrary, the Kurdish participants expressed that they had reasonable control of their measurements and were capable of monitoring their blood glucose independently.…”

Section: Blood Glucose Monitoring and Pharmacological Treatmentsupporting

confidence: 90%

Living with Diabetes: Personal Interviews with Pakistani Women in Norway

Abuelmagd

Håkonsen

Mahmood

et al. 2017

J Immigrant Minority Health

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The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) among Pakistani women in Norway is remarkably high. This study aims to assess how they live with the disease and their response to lifestyle and medical information. 120 Pakistani women living in Norway (mean age: 55.7 years) were personally interviewed about their T2D using a structured questionnaire (response rate: 95%). The participants were first-generation immigrants (mean residence time: 28.7 years) of whom 27% were illiterates. Poor health was reported by one-third, and 71% had developed macrovascular comorbidities. A majority reported physical inactivity and an unhealthy diet included religious fasting. One-third was not able to self-measure their blood glucose. There was a great variation in antidiabetic drug regimens and one-fourth had to use insulin in addition to tablets. Pakistani women in Norway showed suboptimal control of their T2D in terms of lifestyle habits, comorbidities and drug use. Low literacy and cultural factors seem to challenge adherence to lifestyle and medical information.

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Section: Blood Glucose Monitoring and Pharmacological Treatmentsupporting

confidence: 90%

Living with Diabetes: Personal Interviews with Pakistani Women in Norway

Abuelmagd

Håkonsen

Mahmood

et al. 2017

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…Sociocultural context denotes the within-group beliefs and norms (e.g., shared cultural values, practices, experiences) that influence behavior, cognition, learning, and identity (87). Cultural beliefs and patterns of group or family behavior may also be associated through religion, ethnicity, or social interaction (136). Additionally, attitudes and beliefs of different cultures, which are transferred across generations, are also shaped by historical and social forces (61).…”

Section: Sociocultural Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Next Generation of Diabetes Translation: A Path to Health Equity

Haire‐Joshu

Hill-Briggs²

2019

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Disparities in diabetes burden exist in large part because of the social determinants of health (SDOH). Translation research and practice addressing health equity in diabetes have generally focused on changing individual behavior or providing supportive approaches to compensate for, rather than directly target, SDOH. The purpose of this article is to propose a pathway for addressing SDOH as root causes of diabetes disparities and as an essential target for the next generation of interventions needed to achieve health equity in diabetes prevention and treatment. This review describes ( a) the current burden of diabetes disparities, ( b) the influence of SDOH on diabetes disparities, ( c) gaps in and implications of current translation research, and ( d) approaches to achieving health equity in the next generation of diabetes translation.

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“…Vongmany et al's recent meta-synthesis on family behaviors that have an impact on the self-management activities of adults living with T2D showed that a significant number of familial behaviors are experienced as equivocal. They concluded that it may be possible to encourage adults living with T2D to reframe these behaviors so that they are perceived as enabling their diabetes self-management (Vongmany et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Mutual Involvement in Families Living with Type 2 Diabetes: Using the Family Toolbox to Address Challenges Related to Knowledge, Communication, Support, Role Confusion, Everyday Practices and Mutual Worries

2019

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Family involvement plays a key role in diabetes management. Challenges related to type 2 diabetes (T2D) often affect the whole family, and relatives are at increased risk of developing diabetes themselves. Creating family involvement in families living with T2D is a complex matter. This article studies potential effects of working with dialogue tools specifically developed to create family involvement. The data consist of 18 semi-structured family interviews. The data were analyzed using radical hermeneutics and theories on family identity and healthcare authenticity. The analysis revealed five themes: (1) Working with the tools created better and broader intra-familial involvement; (2) the tools enabled new roles and self-understandings for all family members; (3) the tools facilitated mutual insights into each other’s thoughts and worries; (4) after working with the tools, it was easier to discover potential challenges and possible behavior change; and (5) gaining new knowledge and the motivation to seek more knowledge was easier after working with the tools. Working with the tools changed how the families perceive themselves and the ways in which they can affect their own T2D-related health behavior together. This has direct implications for healthcare practitioners working with people with T2D.

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Family behaviours that have an impact on the self‐management activities of adults living with Type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta‐synthesis

Cited by 43 publications

References 67 publications

Living with Diabetes: Personal Interviews with Pakistani Women in Norway

Living with Diabetes: Personal Interviews with Pakistani Women in Norway

The Next Generation of Diabetes Translation: A Path to Health Equity

Mutual Involvement in Families Living with Type 2 Diabetes: Using the Family Toolbox to Address Challenges Related to Knowledge, Communication, Support, Role Confusion, Everyday Practices and Mutual Worries

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