The influence of daily routines on engaging in diabetes self-management

Fritz, Heather

doi:10.3109/11038128.2013.868033

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“…For instance, Sanders and Van Oss [46] found that remembering to take medications involved behavioral routines associated with meals, personal care, or bedtime. Indeed, the success of new treatment regimens for emergent disease probably requires evaluating and adjusting individuals’ existing behavioral routines [47]. We sought to understand how such routines might promote everyday remembering but also create risks for memory failures.…”

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Behaviors and Strategies Supporting Everyday Memory in Older Adults

Hertzog¹,

Lustig²,

Pearman³

et al. 2019

Gerontology

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Background: Little is known about the means by which older adults achieve memory-demanding goals in everyday life or alternatively about why they fail to do so. Objectives: We conducted qualitative interviews to evaluate what older people do to support everyday memory functioning. A principal focus was on understanding the ways in which individuals use internal memory strategies and external memory aids. Methods: We interviewed 25 community-dwelling older adults (mean age 70 years) in a semi-structured interview. The transcribed results were coded by extracting segments of the interviews and classifying the responses into emergent categories. All coded interview segments were reviewed by category. Memos were created and relevant themes identified. Results: The older adults reported everyday memory failures (such as forgetting names), often without nominating explicit methods for avoiding these problems. They also reported using a number of external memory aids such as calendars and lists. Our interviews indicated this use was typically a part of complex routines and habits of living that often seemed vulnerable to errors. For instance, people would report filling medication organizers or completing to-do lists without mentioning plans for how to effectively use these aids later. Furthermore, they often reported reliance on spontaneous encoding and retrieval – for example, stating that they would routinely remember to perform important actions in the future. Conclusions: Older adults’ reported everyday memory failures were linked to suboptimal use of external memory aids and to a reliance on incidental learning and remembering. There is potential value for interventions that improve procedures for managing everyday life goals that rely on memory.

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Behaviors and Strategies Supporting Everyday Memory in Older Adults

Hertzog¹,

Lustig²,

Pearman³

et al. 2019

Gerontology

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“…Methods included having each participant complete the Diabetes Care Profile (Fitzgerald et al . ), participate in a semi‐structured interview, photograph aspects of their daily life they associated with DSM (past and present) and participate in a photo‐elicitation interview (Harper , Fritz & Lysack ), and complete a time‐geographic diary (TGD) with participation in a subsequent TGD interview (Pentland & Harvey , Michelson , Fritz ). Each participant took between 5 and 16 weeks to complete data collection and was compensated one $100.00 (visa gift card) for their time and effort.…”

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Challenges to developing diabetes self-management skills in a low-income sample in North Carolina, USA

Fritz

2014

Health Soc Care Community

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High rates of diabetes diagnosis and poor diabetes outcomes are particularly significant in low-income, socially disadvantaged populations. Although many social and economic predictors of poor self-management outcomes are known, few studies have examined how these elements impact the ability to develop self-management capacities in low-income populations. This article presents new insights into low-income women’s challenges and successes to becoming more adept self-managers. Interview data were collected in 2012 with a sample of low-income, middle-age women with type II diabetes recruited from a non-profit medical clinic serving low-income clients in North Carolina, United States. Data were analysed using a grounded theory approach. Developing self-management skills within disadvantaged life contexts involved negotiating three related, overlapping sub-processes: negotiating access to care systems, negotiating disruptions to diabetes self-management patterns, and negotiating self-care knowledge. Developing diabetes self-management skills is a long and arduous process. Data and analysis presented here help explain how disadvantaged life contexts can impact self-managers’ efforts to develop self-management skills and why continued support is important for reducing and preventing future problems. These initial findings suggest that future studies and intervention development on the topic are warranted.

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“…Pilot intervention studies were: Piven & Duran, 2014;Haltiwanger & Galindo, 2013;Haltiwanger, 2012a;Haltiwanger, 2012b;Haltiwanger & Brutus, 2012). Exploratory studies were also published (Thompson, 2014;Fritz, 2013;Pyatak et al, 2013a;Pyatak et al, 2013b;Piven & Nazeran, 2013;Pyatak, 2011a;Pyatak, 2011b;Hwang et al, 2009), suggesting the need for intervention.…”

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“…Fritz (2013) stated that life situations affected one's ability to change established habits and daily occupations, and that social influences can be problematic barriers or be supportive.…”

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Activity and Occupational Demands of Type Two Diabetes: The Voice of Mexican-American Older Adults

Piven

2014

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics

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Type two diabetes mellitus has become a worldwide epidemic that directly or indirectly has impacted people everywhere. High incidence of diabetes in older adult Mexican-Americans poses serious, complex issues. Aim: The purpose of the study was to illuminate the cultural perspectives of highly motivated first-generation, bilingual Mexican-American older adults with T2DM, who accepted the activity and occupational demands and chose to follow the diabetes self-care regimen. Method: Emergent themes were extracted from focus groups using a phenomenological approach. Results: Themes were (1) "We had reasons"; (2) "Everyone had a different learning curve."; (3) "Cultural issues made changing lifestyle difficult"; (4) and "Sharing helps us." Conclusions: The inquiry revealed the shared perceptions and cultural nuances that may challenge Mexican-American people with diabetes, who try to adapt to lifestyle changes and occupational demands. Culturally-sensitive activity-based interventions that might facilitate self-care mastery were suggested. Future research is needed to facilitate OT reimbursement for self-care at the secondary prevention level.

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The influence of daily routines on engaging in diabetes self-management

Cited by 33 publications

References 40 publications

Behaviors and Strategies Supporting Everyday Memory in Older Adults

Behaviors and Strategies Supporting Everyday Memory in Older Adults

Challenges to developing diabetes self-management skills in a low-income sample in North Carolina, USA

Activity and Occupational Demands of Type Two Diabetes: The Voice of Mexican-American Older Adults

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