PMID- 30066604 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190708 LR - 20220129 IS - 1049-7323 (Print) IS - 1049-7323 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 12 DP - 2018 Oct TI - Family Support and Diabetes: Patient's Experiences From a Public Hospital in Peru. PG - 1871-1882 LID - 10.1177/1049732318784906 [doi] AB - Family support is crucial for managing chronic conditions but it is often overlooked when designing behavioral interventions in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). As part of the formative phase of a feasibility randomized control trial (RCT), we conducted 20 semistructured interviews with people with T2DM from Lima, Peru. Based on such results, we describe the support people with T2DM receive from their families and the role that such support has in their efforts to implement diabetes management practices. We learned that participants receive support from family members, but mostly from their spouses and children. Their relatives encourage them and motivate them to fight for their health, they also provide instrumental support by preparing healthy meals, reminding them to take medications, and sharing physical activity. Participants also reported controlling actions which were not always "well received." Thus, any intervention supporting self-management practices need to work with key family members. We support the literature that suggests that interventions should target family members to ensure improved T2DM self-management practices. FAU - Pesantes, M Amalia AU - Pesantes MA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0649-3649 AD - 1 Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. FAU - Del Valle, Adela AU - Del Valle A AD - 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. FAU - Diez-Canseco, Francisco AU - Diez-Canseco F AD - 1 Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. FAU - Bernabe-Ortiz, Antonio AU - Bernabe-Ortiz A AD - 1 Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. AD - 3 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom. FAU - Portocarrero, Jill AU - Portocarrero J AD - 1 Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. FAU - Trujillo, Antonio AU - Trujillo A AD - 4 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. FAU - Cornejo, Pilar AU - Cornejo P AD - 5 Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru. FAU - Manrique, Katty AU - Manrique K AD - 5 Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru. FAU - Miranda, J Jaime AU - Miranda JJ AD - 1 Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. LA - eng GR - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom GR - MR/M007405/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180801 PL - United States TA - Qual Health Res JT - Qualitative health research JID - 9202144 MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology/*psychology/*therapy MH - Diet, Healthy MH - Exercise MH - Family/*psychology MH - Female MH - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice MH - Hospitals, Public MH - Humans MH - Interviews as Topic MH - Male MH - Medication Adherence MH - Middle Aged MH - Motivation MH - Obesity/epidemiology MH - Peru MH - Qualitative Research MH - Self-Management/*methods/*psychology MH - *Social Support MH - Spouses/psychology PMC - PMC6346298 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Peru OT - RCT OT - diabetes OT - families OT - in-depth interviews OT - management OT - qualitative OT - social support COIS- Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. EDAT- 2018/08/02 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/10 06:00 PMCR- 2019/01/25 CRDT- 2018/08/02 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/08/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177_1049732318784906 [pii] AID - 10.1177/1049732318784906 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Qual Health Res. 2018 Oct;28(12):1871-1882. doi: 10.1177/1049732318784906. Epub 2018 Aug 1.