Turning Points as Opportunities to Partner with Patients Living with type 2 Diabetes or Prediabetes

[摘要] Introduction: Understanding patients’ perspectives about their diabetes and what causes those perspectives to shift is critical to building a treatment strategy with the patient and facilitating patient self-management behavior. Key “turning points” can provide crucial opportunities to enact a change in perspective. The goal of this study is to identify “turning points” that have significance to diabetes-related health.

[学科分类] 过敏症与临床免疫学

[关键词] Disease Management;Family Physicians;Georgia;Health Behavior;Life Style;Nevada;Obesity;Prediabetes;Qualitative Research;Self-Management;Social Support;Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus