Avtor/Urednik     Vermeire, Etienne; Hearnshaw, Hilary; Raetsep, Anneli; Levasseur, Gwenola; Petek, Davorina; van Dam, Henk; van der Horst, Frans; Vinter-Repalust, Nevenka
Naslov     Obstacles to adherence in living with type-2 diabetes: an international qualitative study using meta-ethnography (EUROBSTACLE)
Tip     članek
Vir     Primary Care Diabetes
Vol. in št.     Letnik 1
Leto izdaje     2007
Obseg     str. 25-33
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     Quantitative studies failed to determine variables which consistently explain adherence or non-adherence to treatment recommendations. Qualitative studies identified issues such as the quality of the health provider‐health receiver relationship and the patient’s health beliefs. According to these findings, 39 focus groups of 246 people living with type-2 diabetes were conducted in seven European countries, assessing health beliefs, communication with caregivers and problems encountered in adhering to treatment regimens. Meta-ethnography was later applied to make a qualitative meta-analysis. Obstacles to adherence are common across countries, and seem to be related less to issues of the health-care system and more to patient’s knowledge about diabetes, beliefs and attitudes and the relationship with healthcare professionals. The resulting key themes are course of diabetes, information, person and context, body awareness and relationship with the health care provider. Meta-ethnography is a feasible tool for the meta-analysis of multilingual qualitative data and leads to a richer account.
Deskriptorji     DIABETES MELLITUS, NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EDUCATION
PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS
META-ANALYSIS
QUESTIONNAIRES