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Table 3 Themes, categories and codes.

From: GPs' perspectives of type 2 diabetes patients' adherence to treatment: A qualitative analysis of barriers and solutions

Theme

code

Barriers to adherence

 

Patient

Categorical approach

 

Social isolation

 

Deficient knowledge of diabetes

 

Minimising of the disease

 

Opposition to change

 

'Modern' medicine

Physician

Choosing the easiest way

 

Supposed lack of respect

Model of health care

No repayment for self-monitoring

 

Lack of multidisciplinary support

Solutions

 

Communication

Evaluate knowledge

 

Give information

 

Repeat

 

Control how it can be achieved

 

In the patient's language

Work in a structured way

Make appointments

 

Standardized educational packages

 

Structured file administration

Shared care

Multidisciplinary teams

 

Identical messages

Coping mechanisms

 

Physicians

Directing /paternalistic attitude

 

Induction of guilt and fright

Patients

Discussed decision-making