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Identification of Important Factors Affecting Use of Digital Individualised Coaching and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in General Practice: A Qualitative Feasibility Study

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  • Pernille Ravn Jakobsen

    (Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark)

  • Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen

    (Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
    Research Unit of User Perspectives and Community-Based Interventions, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark)

  • Jesper Bo Nielsen

    (Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark)

  • Jens Søndergaard

    (Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
    Steno Diabetes Center, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark)

  • Dorte Ejg Jarbøl

    (Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark)

  • Michael Hecht Olsen

    (Department of Internal Medicine and Steno Diabetes Center Zealand, Holbaek Hospital, 4300 Holbaek, Denmark
    Department for Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark)

  • Jens Steen Nielsen

    (Steno Diabetes Center, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
    Danish Center for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes, Steno Diabetes Center Odense, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark)

  • Jette Kolding Kristensen

    (Center for General Practice, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark)

  • Carl J. Brandt

    (Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
    Steno Diabetes Center, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
    Liva Healthcare, 1434 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Abstract

Most type 2 diabetes patients are treated in general practice and there is a need of developing and implementing efficient lifestyle interventions. eHealth interventions have shown to be effective in promoting a healthy lifestyle. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility, including the identification of factors of importance, when offering digital lifestyle coaching to type 2 diabetes patients in general practice. We conducted a qualitative feasibility study with focus group interviews in four general practices. We identified two overall themes and four subthemes: (1) the distribution of roles and lifestyle interventions in general practice (subthemes: external and internal distribution of roles) and (2) the pros and cons for digital lifestyle interventions in general practice (subthemes: access to real life data and change in daily routines). We conclude that for digital lifestyle coaching to be feasible in a general practice setting, it was of great importance that the general practitioners and practice nurses knew the role and content of the intervention. In general, there was a positive attitude in the general practice setting towards referring type 2 diabetes patients to digital lifestyle intervention if it was easy to refer the patients and if easily understandable and accessible feedback was implemented into the electronic health record. It was important that the digital lifestyle intervention was flexible and offered healthcare providers in general practice an opportunity to follow the type 2 diabetes patient closely.

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  • Pernille Ravn Jakobsen & Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen & Jesper Bo Nielsen & Jens Søndergaard & Dorte Ejg Jarbøl & Michael Hecht Olsen & Jens Steen Nielsen & Jette Kolding Kristensen & Carl J. Brandt, 2021. "Identification of Important Factors Affecting Use of Digital Individualised Coaching and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in General Practice: A Qualitative Feasibility Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:8:p:3924-:d:532538
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    1. Louise Poppe & Jolien Plaete & Nele Huys & Maïté Verloigne & Myriam Deveugele & Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij & Geert Crombez, 2018. "Process Evaluation of an eHealth Intervention Implemented into General Practice: General Practitioners’ and Patients’ Views," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-12, July.
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