Area of Science:

• Nursing Interventions
• Diabetes Self-Management
• Person-Centered Care

Background:

• Type 2 diabetes management requires significant patient behavioral changes, often leading to self-management challenges.
• Current guidelines advocate for a person-centered approach (PCA) in healthcare, yet its practical implementation by professionals remains difficult.
• Nurses require effective strategies to integrate PCA into diabetes self-management support.

Purpose of the Study:

• To coconstruct an evidence-based intervention using concept mapping (CM) to enhance nurses' adoption of PCA.
• To develop a practical tool for nurses to facilitate person-centered self-management support for individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Main Methods:

• Employed a model for developing evidence-based nursing interventions.
• Utilized a collaborative coconstruction process involving patients, nurses, and an educational specialist.
• Integrated principles of PCA and concept mapping (CM) in intervention design.

Main Results:

• Developed the Person-Centered Approach Diabetes Self-Management Support (PCA-DSMS) intervention.
• The PCA-DSMS intervention comprises four distinct steps: introduction, needs mapping, priority-based intervention, and conclusion/follow-up.
• The intervention is grounded in PCA principles and CM methodology.

Conclusions:

• The developed PCA-DSMS intervention has the potential to guide nurses in adopting a person-centered approach.
• Further research is necessary to evaluate the intervention's feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness in promoting PCA adoption by nurses.