Healthcare professional views of a diabetes review postal box: A qualitative study
Authors' conclusion
Healthcare professionals seem receptive to the idea of a postal diabetes annual review box and feel it has the potential to offer people with diabetes an improved quality of care.
Study context
- Population
- Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) involved in organisation or delivery of diabetes care
- Participants
- 21 HCPs
- Outcome
- HCP views on acceptability and implementation of a postal box as part of the diabetes annual review
Methodological detailssemi-structured interviews, focus groups, reflexive thematic analysis
- Semi-structured interviews
- Focus groups
- Reflexive thematic analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
HCP views of a postal diabetes annual review box
- Postal box could overcome many individual and service factors contributing to non-attendance
- Box could encourage self-management behaviours and be used as a tool for communication
- Postal box could free up appointment time for holistic care without further stretching limited resources
- Concerns: possible additional administrative burden and public perception of reduced face-to-face care
Original publication
Healthcare professional views of a diabetes review postal box: A qualitative study. Diabet Med. Published 31 January 2025. doi:10.
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