Overview of Main Themes and Sub-Themes
| Main Themes . | Sub-Themes . | Definitions . |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning of DSM | Providers’ perceptions of what DSM is | |
| Patients’ understanding | Understanding the severity of the disease and risks of diabetes complications | |
| Patients’ actions | Patients’ active responsibility for taking care of their diabetes | |
| Facilitators | Factors that promote patients’ DSM | |
| Education | Providers’ efforts to help patients understand diabetes | |
| Health care providers | Need for Arabic-speaking dietitians and diabetes educators and a multidisciplinary team approach | |
| Motivational strategies | Providers’ methods for increasing patients’ motivation for DSM | |
| Family support/involvement | Role of family members in helping patients manage their diabetes | |
| Barriers | Factors that hinder patients’ DSM | |
| Diabetes disease itself | Characteristics of diabetes itself; frequently no symptoms | |
| Fear | Patients’ fears of diabetes medications and treatments | |
| Denial | Patients’ refusal to recognize the facts of diabetes and its management | |
| Misconceptions/lack of understanding | Patients’ lack of understanding of diabetes treatment and complications | |
| Health care system | Characteristics of health care providers and the health care system | |
| Cultural factors | Aspects of the Arab culture that influence DSM | |
| Disease as weakness | General view of disease as stigma | |
| Family is central | Family as provider of support that is crucial to DSM | |
| Food | Food as central to the Arabic culture, affecting patients’ behavior | |
| View of physicians | Positive and negative views that affect patients’ behavior |
| Main Themes . | Sub-Themes . | Definitions . |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning of DSM | Providers’ perceptions of what DSM is | |
| Patients’ understanding | Understanding the severity of the disease and risks of diabetes complications | |
| Patients’ actions | Patients’ active responsibility for taking care of their diabetes | |
| Facilitators | Factors that promote patients’ DSM | |
| Education | Providers’ efforts to help patients understand diabetes | |
| Health care providers | Need for Arabic-speaking dietitians and diabetes educators and a multidisciplinary team approach | |
| Motivational strategies | Providers’ methods for increasing patients’ motivation for DSM | |
| Family support/involvement | Role of family members in helping patients manage their diabetes | |
| Barriers | Factors that hinder patients’ DSM | |
| Diabetes disease itself | Characteristics of diabetes itself; frequently no symptoms | |
| Fear | Patients’ fears of diabetes medications and treatments | |
| Denial | Patients’ refusal to recognize the facts of diabetes and its management | |
| Misconceptions/lack of understanding | Patients’ lack of understanding of diabetes treatment and complications | |
| Health care system | Characteristics of health care providers and the health care system | |
| Cultural factors | Aspects of the Arab culture that influence DSM | |
| Disease as weakness | General view of disease as stigma | |
| Family is central | Family as provider of support that is crucial to DSM | |
| Food | Food as central to the Arabic culture, affecting patients’ behavior | |
| View of physicians | Positive and negative views that affect patients’ behavior |