From: Diabetes care and service access among elderly Vietnamese with type 2 diabetes
Category | Questions for focus groups |
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Meanings, beliefs, personal values | 1. What does feeling healthy mean? Why? |
2. How has diabetes affected your health? | |
3. How has it impacted on your day-to-day life? | |
4. What made you take action in managing your diabetes? | |
5. What is most difficult about managing your diabetes? | |
Access to information and services | 1. Who do you currently see/go to for your diabetes care? |
2. What are your expectations of health service providers/GP/person providing you with diabetes care? Are you happy with the service/care you receive? Why? Why not? | |
3. How did you or do you find out about services and information about diabetes? | |
4. Do you need more information? On what topics? | |
5. Whose job is it to inform the patient about all the service options (for multidisciplinary holistic care) which may be available to them? GP? Practice Nurse? Diabetes Educator? Specialist? | |
6. Do you have difficulties accessing your local diabetes services? Why? What would help you access those services? | |
7. Would you like to receive information in your own language? | |
8. Have you ever been offered information in your own language? If so, types of information offered and from where? | |
Feedback and suggestions | 1. What advice would you give someone who has type 2 diabetes? |
2. Some people are reluctant to access services. What do you think would assist these people to access diabetes care? |