Linda L Pederson, John J Koval, Evelyn Vingilis
E-cigarette use by Ontario public elementary school and secondary school students: Has the use among sociodemographic groups changed from 2017 to 2019?
Preventive medicine reports
purpose study identify psychological phenotypes persons type 2 diabetes t2d insulin therapy better inform personalized diabetes education strategies improve selfmanagement behaviors qmethodology research approach combining quantitative rigor statistical analysis qualitative data perception diabetes selfmanagement persons t2d insulin therapy used summary diabetes selfcare activity measure a1c past 6 months used describe selfmanagement behaviors psample qsorter 160 statements 33 qsample statements selected qset 37 psamples 24 men 13 women recruited universityaffiliated diabetes clinic south korea data obtained psample qset qsorting table forcedchoice normal distribution table analyzed using varimax rotation fortyone percent variance explained 5 factors represented 27 qsorters explaining variance ranging 5 17 factor factor n 6 showing selfmanagement education need possessing inadequate health literacy factor b n 4 valuing lifestyle modification control diabetes factor c n 5 valuing antidiabetic medication control diabetes factor n 6 carpe diem accepting diabetes destiny factor e n 6 overestimating competencies control diabetes ten qsorters fell either confounded nonsignificant tailoring messages educational approaches based patients psychological phenotypes necessary promote optimal selfmanagement behaviors