Storytelling to Support Disease Self-Management by Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

Key MessagesGroup storytelling is starting to be used to support disease self-management, and it has been noted to be a suitable adjunct to traditional diabetes education. Patients are willing to self-direct and take ownership of the intervention; it can be used to self-identify management needs and share strategies to address them. Patient information exchanged during storytelling can also inform care providers' practices. Storytelling interventions can be delivered with high fidelity that is acceptable to patients and care providers.

Promoting Self-Management Behaviors In Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes, Using Digital Storytelling: A Randomized Controlled Trial

“…This method serves as one of the most fundamental methods to subliminally transfer concepts to audiences, especially adolescents [7]. Other research in this area also emphasizes the fact that training through digital storytelling method can have an in uential effect compared to conventional methods by improving patients' healthy behaviors (18), lowering blood pressure (13), managing diabetes mellitus (19), and psychological wellbeing (12).…”

Peer coach delivered storytelling program for diabetes medication adherence: Intervention development and process outcomes

“…Although peer coaching and storytelling separately have been found to be acceptable and effective in helping patients with chronic conditions to make behavioral changes [ [32] , [33] , [34] , [35] ], our study is one of the first to use both peer coaching and storytelling to help diabetic individuals integrate self-management tasks into their daily lives. Storytelling has been used effectively as a patient-centered tool for engaging individuals in their self-management [ 32 , [36] , [37] , [38] , [39] ].…”

A Randomized Trial of the Close Reading and Creative Writing Program: An Alternative Educational Method for Adult Group Care Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes Management

“…This was an unexpected result but was probably related with the lack of statistical power of our sample or with the instruments used to assess change. In future research a qualitative approach such as the one used by Guciardi et al (21) could be added to a more comprehensive analysis of the process.…”

“…In recent years some published reports demonstrated beneficial effects of using narrative approach, patient centered, in diabetes and in other chronic diseases. Examples of these are storytelling groups (21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27), photo stories (28)(29), autobiographical narratives (30), artistic and creative expression (31). This kind of approach has the potencial, as Gucciardi noted, to provide patients with a more active role in their health care, while allowing them to form strong bonds with peers who share similar disease-related experiences (22).…”