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DIABETES CARE
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 1086-1088Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-2298
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- The Kathleen P. Welsh Fund
- Pfizer
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OBJECTIVE-To explore physicians' awareness of and responses to type 2 diabetic patients' social and emotional difficulties. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-We conducted semistructured interviews with 19 physicians. Interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS-Three themes emerged: 1) physicians' awareness of patients' social and emotional difficulties: physicians recognized the frequency and seriousness of patients' social and emotional difficulties; 2) physicians' responses to patients' social and emotional difficulties: many reported that intervening with these difficulties was challenging with few treatment options beyond making referrals, individualizing care, and recommending more frequent follow-up visits; and 3) the impact of patients' social and emotional difficulties on physicians: few available patient treatment options, time constraints, and a perceived lack of psychological expertise contributed to physicians' feeling frustrated, inadequate, and overwhelmed. CONCLUSIONS-Recognition and understanding of physicians' challenges when treating diabetes patients' social and emotional difficulties are important for developing programmatic interventions.
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