A multi‐centre qualitative study of experiences of managing diabetes mellitus among adults while hospitalised
Authors' conclusion
Inpatient care is not always conducive to diabetes self management. Understanding the patient experience in the inpatient setting related to self management is important in reducing harm to patients while they are in hospital. Our findings emphasise the importance of involving people with diabetes in planning and managing their care while hospitalised. Further work needs to be done to ensure that the knowledge, involvement and flexibility of care of people with diabetes are incorporated into an inpatient setting.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with T1D or T2D hospitalised for any reason, four acute NHS Trusts in the South of England
- Participants
- 27 adults
- Outcome
- Experiences of inpatient diabetes care
- Follow-up
- Admission to discharge
Methodological detailsmulticentre, semi-structured interviews, purposive sampling, reflexive thematic analysis
- Multicentre
- Semi-structured interviews
- Purposive sampling
- Reflexive thematic analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Inpatient setting compromised self management by limiting self management behaviours
- Knowledge of own diabetes and willingness to self-manage not taken into account on admission or in planning inpatient care
- Involvement in decisions about ongoing diabetes care was limited
- Diabetes management needs not met because of lack of flexibility in hospital practices and schedules
- For some participants
Original publication
A multi‐centre qualitative study of experiences of managing diabetes mellitus among adults while hospitalised. Diabet Med. Published 18 February 2026. doi:10.
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