Tackling diabetes as a team: co-designing healthcare interventions to engage couples living with type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Couples living with Type 1 diabetes: co-designing interventions to support them.

Methods

This is a qualitative study comprising two phases. Phase I represents the exploratory phase, consisting of semi-structured interviews with persons with Type 1 diabetes (N = 16) and partners (N = 6). In the second phase, co-design principles guided workshops with healthcare professionals, persons with Type 1 diabetes, and partners (N = 7) to facilitate discussion of the key themes identified and solutions to engage couples living with Type 1 diabetes in diabetes care.

Result

The key themes identified from phase I as priorities to target in future interventions were: (i) Emotional impact of diabetes and (ii) Partners' involvement. Priority (i) captures the impact the emotional

SUBMITTER: Messina R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9242905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature