PMID- 36585151 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230103 LR - 20230111 IS - 2044-6055 (Electronic) IS - 2044-6055 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 12 DP - 2022 Dec 30 TI - Exploration of the health needs of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes using a user-centred co-production approach in the area of mHealth: an exploratory sequential mixed-method protocol. PG - e063814 LID - 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063814 [doi] LID - e063814 AB - INTRODUCTION: Research on the needs and preferences of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with mobile health (mHealth) service is limited. With the principles of co-production, this study aims to address this research gap by exploring the health needs of Chinese patients with poorly controlled T2DM. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This study uses a three-phase, exploratory sequential mixed-method design. Phase 1 aims to assess the health needs of patients with poorly controlled T2DM by conducting semi-structured interviews with patients, doctors and nurses. Participants will be recruited by purposive sampling with maximum variation. Content analysis will be employed. Phase 2 will form item generation and develop the mHealth need scale. The scale will be subject to pilot testing and psychometric evaluation, including content validity, construct validity, discriminant validity, internal validity and test-retest reliability. Phase 3 will explore the priority of health needs perceived by patients with poorly controlled T2DM through a cross-sectional study. The measurement tools include an mHealth needs scale, the Summary of Diabetes Self-care Activities Questionnaire, the Diabetes Empowerment Scale-Short Form, the Diabetes Health Literacy Scale and the eHealth Literacy Scale. Multiple regression techniques with a hierarchical block design will be used for the model building to identify the factors contributing to the heterogeneity of the perceived mHealth needs. The findings of phase 1 and phase 3 will be integrated using data correlation, comparison and consolidation. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The Ethics Committee of the School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, has approved this study (No. 2021ZSLYEC). The results of this study will be disseminated through conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. CI - (c) Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. FAU - Xie, Qinqin AU - Xie Q AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8745-0279 AD - School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Hu, Xiling AU - Hu X AD - Department of Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Wang, Yarui AU - Wang Y AD - School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Peng, Junsheng AU - Peng J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7975-4176 AD - School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. AD - Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Cheng, Li AU - Cheng L AD - School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China chengli5@mail.sysu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221230 PL - England TA - BMJ Open JT - BMJ open JID - 101552874 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/therapy MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Research Design MH - *Telemedicine PMC - PMC9809268 OTO - NOTNLM OT - General diabetes OT - General endocrinology OT - MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING COIS- Competing interests: None declared. EDAT- 2022/12/31 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/04 06:00 PMCR- 2022/12/30 CRDT- 2022/12/30 21:03 PHST- 2022/12/30 21:03 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - bmjopen-2022-063814 [pii] AID - 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063814 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 30;12(12):e063814. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063814.