Unmet support needs relating to hypoglycaemia among adults with type 1 diabetes: Results of a multi‐country web‐based qualitative study

Abstract

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‘You have to use everything and come to some equilibrium’: a qualitative study on hypoglycemia self-management in users of continuous glucose monitor with diverse hypoglycemia experiences

“…Our findings bolster the literature on how CGM technologies amplify these effects, leading to either greater engagement with social support for hypoglycemia self-management or to the delay or dismissal of hypoglycemia management to reduce embarrassment or criticism. Future research is needed to (1) identify salient characteristics, including personality traits, related to favorable or avoidant reactions to social attention around hypoglycemia self-management; (2) expand understanding of the psychology of managing hypoglycemia in public (in both people with T1D and their families, friends, and others); and (3) acquire knowledge about social stigma around hypoglycemia and hypoglycemia self-management40 to delineate the complex interactions between patients, hypoglycemia, and CGM event witnesses. This information is essential for creating multilevel interventions to address social barriers40 to, and stress41 42 resulting from, public hypoglycemia self-management.…”