Healthcare professionals' experiences in identifying and supporting mental health problems in adults living with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative study
Authors' conclusion
This research emphasises the need for educational tools to improve the skills and competency of healthcare professionals in identifying mental health problems in people with type 1 diabetes, highlighting practical and theoretical implications for healthcare improvements and the necessity for additional research to design care pathways that better support this population, in which all healthcare professionals are aware of.
Study context
- Population
- Healthcare professionals working in the UK involved in identifying and supporting mental health problems in adults with T1D
- Participants
- 15 healthcare professionals
- Outcome
- Barriers and facilitators to identifying and supporting mental health problems in adults with T1D
Methodological detailssemi-structured individual interviews, reflexive inductive thematic analysis
- Semi-structured individual interviews
- Reflexive inductive thematic analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Barrier themes (4): time, knowledge, relationship between services and stigma
- Facilitator themes (3): education, communication and appropriate tools and services
Original publication
Healthcare professionals' experiences in identifying and supporting mental health problems in adults living with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative study. Diabet Med. Published 7 April 2023. doi:10.
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