Patients’ perceptions and experiences of taking oral glucose‐lowering agents: a longitudinal qualitative study

Abstract

The findings call for multifaceted strategies to promote adherence. These could include education to address misconceptions and advise patients how to respond to missed doses; reminders to help patients remember to take their drugs; and structured feedback on the impact of OGLAs on glycaemic control.

Patients with Type 2 Diabetes experiences of making multiple lifestyle changes: A qualitative study

“…Although other researchers working in this area have conducted up to 4 interviews [18,19], we wanted to focus on patients' use of information within the first year of their diagnosis. We delayed the first interview until 6 months post-randomisation, i.e.…”

Type 2 diabetes and dog walking: patients' longitudinal perspectives about implementing and sustaining physical activity

“…This fourth year anniversary was chosen to allow sufficient time to have elapsed for participants to have experienced changes in their diabetes and therefore, potentially, their approaches to disease self-management. [27][28][29][30] There were no obvious differences between this sub-group and the original cohort in terms of demographic characteristics; a transition from predominately hospital-based to GP and nurse-led care occurred over the 4-year period. 30 …”

Digging Deeper: The Role of Qualitative Research in Behavioral Diabetes

“…Several studies have found that many patients lack understanding of diabetes and how medications, food, and exercise influence glycemic control; how to use glucose monitoring results; and what kinds information "need to be known" to self-manage diabetes [42,43]. A study examining motivation [43] found that people with diabetes describe a phase after diagnosis that is consistent with the middle or backburner phase [44] in which individuals feel well so their diabetes self-management takes a lower priority than other life issues.…”