PMID- 26351268
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20171006
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1448-7527 (Print)
IS  - 1448-7527 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 4
DP  - 2016
TI  - Client perceptions of group education in the management of type 2 diabetes 
      mellitus in South Australia.
PG  - 360-367
LID - 10.1071/PY15008 [doi]
AB  - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a progressive chronic disease that requires 
      significant self-surveillance and adherence to the treatment protocols for 
      successful management and future health. There is a growing body of evidence 
      suggesting that diabetes education is beneficial for patient outcomes. However, 
      there is some debate about how best to deliver diabetes education, whether 
      individually or in groups. Although several studies have investigated the role of 
      group education in improving the management of T2DM, few studies have examined 
      this issue from the client's perspective. It is here that this study makes a 
      contribution to understanding diabetes management. Drawing on systematic 
      observation of group education sessions provided by diabetic resource nurses and 
      in-depth interviews with clients, this paper describes the experiences, 
      perspectives and significance of these sessions to clients. Our results suggest 
      that group education sessions were seen as valuable to the clients for: the 
      opportunity they provided to meet others living with diabetes; to improve 
      motivation for managing the disease; and to enhance knowledge of diabetes, its 
      management and long-term implications. In short, this study demonstrates that the 
      clients value group education sessions for the social contact, increasing 
      knowledge about the disease for self-management and support they provide; factors 
      recognised as important to maintaining health. In addition, group education 
      sessions appear to be a cost-effective method for diabetes self-management that 
      funders need to consider.
FAU - Smith, Cynthia
AU  - Smith C
AD  - Discipline of Public Health, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 
      5001, Australia.
FAU - McNaughton, Darlene A
AU  - McNaughton DA
AD  - Discipline of Public Health, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 
      5001, Australia.
FAU - Meyer, Samantha
AU  - Meyer S
AD  - Discipline of Public Health, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 
      5001, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150909
PL  - Australia
TA  - Aust J Prim Health
JT  - Australian journal of primary health
JID - 101123037
SB  - IM
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*psychology/*therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Patient Education as Topic
MH  - Self Care
MH  - South Australia
EDAT- 2015/09/10 06:00
MHDA- 2017/10/07 06:00
CRDT- 2015/09/10 06:00
PHST- 2013/07/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/05/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/09/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/09/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/10/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - PY15008 [pii]
AID - 10.1071/PY15008 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Aust J Prim Health. 2015 Sep 9;22(4):360-367. doi: 10.1071/PY15008. Print 2016.