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Identifying Needs and Barriers to Diabetes Dietary Education in Chinese People with Type 2 Diabetes and Their Family Members in Guangzhou: A Qualitative Study
- Source :
- Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Dove, 2021.
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Abstract
- Xiling Hu,1,* Yao Zhang,2,* Bin Yao,2 Beisi Lin,2 Dan Yang,3 Cong Ling,4,* Lingling Gao3,* 1Department of Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Peopleâs Republic of China; 2Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Peopleâs Republic of China; 3School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Peopleâs Republic of China; 4Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Peopleâs Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Cong LingDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510630, Peopleâs Republic of ChinaTel +86-13580465121Email doctor200@126.comLingling GaoSchool of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 74, Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510085, Peopleâs Republic of ChinaTel +86 13539965693Email gaoll@mail.sysu.edu.cnPurpose: The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to identify the needs and barriers to diabetes dietary education issues in a Chinese context among people with type 2 diabetes and also their family members.Patients and Methods: Nineteen patients with type 2 diabetes and 15 family members were randomly selected from a larger study in Guangzhou. Descriptive phenomenological qualitative inquiry guided this study.Results: Both patients and their family members claimed a variety of needs regarding diabetes dietary information and that it should be patient-centered. In addition, both groups identified the effectiveness and helpfulness of diabetes diet-related health education, but family members reported a lack of professional education. Patients reported that the barriers to diabetes diet-related health education were: 1) patientsâ different faculties of memory and acceptance, 2) educatorsâ methods of explaining the information, 3) lack of advertising and intensity of publicity both inside and outside of the hospital. Family members identified that diabetes diet-related health education assisted them with taking care of patients with diabetes and it was also beneficial for themselves to gain more dietary knowledge and develop healthy dietary habits.Conclusion: It is necessary to make some adjustment to traditional diabetes dietary education. It may be a good strategy to investigate the needs and faculties of memory and acceptance of people with diabetes before starting a diabetes education program. Hospitals should intensify their publicity of diabetes education and make it more attractive to patients with diabetes and their family members. Educators should add information specifically for family members while conducting diabetes education. Tertiary hospitals could provide standardized training regarding diabetes-related health education to community family physicians; in this way, diabetes education could gradually be transferred to them and both groups of clinicians could share in the education.Keywords: diabetes, family members, dietary education, needs, barriers, qualitative
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- medicine.medical_specialty
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barriers
Context (language use)
Type 2 diabetes
Internal Medicine
medicine
Targets and Therapy [Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity]
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Original Research
needs
Pharmacology
diabetes
business.industry
Professional development
family members
medicine.disease
Chinese people
dietary education
Family medicine
Helpfulness
qualitative
Health education
business
Publicity
Qualitative research
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11787007
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bc794ba1fdc57a18000431cc60eb92be