同行支持小组是否有助于2型糖尿病患者的营养信息实践和营养自我管理?
Jane McClinchy1, Angela Dickinson1, Wendy Wills1
1School of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.
概括
非专业人士领导的同行支持小组为2型糖尿病患者提供营养信息 (PLWT2DM). 有效性取决于疾病整合和沟通技巧,在线格式影响可访问性.
科学领域:
- 健康科学 卫生科学 卫生科学
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 营养信息对于管理2型糖尿病至关重要.
- 非专业人士领导的同行支持小组是2型糖尿病 (PLWT2DM) 患者营养信息的潜在来源.
- 关于这些群体如何影响PLWT2DM中的营养信息实践的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 探索PLWT2DM中的营养信息实践的非专业人士领导的同行支持小组的可访问性,可接受性和有效性.
主要方法:
- 采用混合方法的定性方法,利用实践理论和信息实践.
- 采访了20名参与者 (19名PLWT2DM和1名合作伙伴).
- 四周的日记数据收集与营养信息实践相关的同行支持互动的采访之前的采访. 专题分析用于数据分析.
主要成果:
- 参与者利用饮食师的建议和结构化的教育来强调同行支持小组对其营养信息实践的影响.
- 关键的促进因素包括同行团体的可访问性,连续性和支持性环境,这使社会互动成为可能.
- 确定的基本能力是糖尿病体现的感觉,小组沟通技巧和小组领导者的促进技巧.
结论:
- 同行支持小组为PLWT2DM的营养信息资源提供了有价值的补充.
- 这些群体的感知有效性受到疾病体现阶段和社会互动技能的影响.
- 营养学家应该考虑同行支持的好处和可持续性,特别是随着COVID-19后转向在线格式的转变,这影响了可用性和有效性.
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