ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2018
Type 2 Diabetes Education and Support in a Virtual Environment: A Secondary Analysis of Synchronously Exchanged Social Interaction and Support.
Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06972251 (Tailored Approaches to Reduce Distress and Improve Self-Management for Veterans With Diabetes), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Tailored Approaches to Reduce Distress and Improve Self-Management for Veterans With Diabetes (TARDIS) - Photo Elicitation and Intervention
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Supporting the 'lived expertise' of older adults with type 1 diabetes: An applied focus group analysis to characterize barriers, facilitators, and strategies for self-management in a growing and understudied population.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2024Article
- A framework for equitable virtual rehabilitation in the metaverse era: challenges and opportunities.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Review
- A Pilot Study to Examine the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Adaptation of an In-Person Adolescent Diabetes Prevention Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Unpacking Peer Conversations in a Virtual Communitiy for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support: Behavior Science and Linguistics Perspective.Studies in health technology and informatics · 2021Article
- Exchanges in a Virtual Environment for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support: Social Network Analysis.JMIR diabetes · 2021Article
- Developing Methods That Facilitate Coding and Analysis of Synchronous Conversations via Virtual Environments.International journal of qualitative methodsArticle
- A Framework for Using eHealth Interventions to Overcome Medical Mistrust Among Sexual Minority Men of Color Living with Chronic Conditions.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundVirtual environments (VEs) facilitate interaction and support among individuals with chronic illness, yet the characteristics of these VE interactions remain unknown.
objectiveThe objective of this study was to describe social interaction and support among individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who interacted in a VE.
methodsData included VE-mediated synchronous conversations and text-chat and asynchronous emails and discussion board posts from a study that facilitated interaction among individuals with T2D and diabetes educators (N=24) in 2 types of sessions: education and support.
resultsVE interactions consisted of communication techniques (how individuals interact in the VE), expressions of self-management (T2D-related topics), depth (personalization of topics), and breadth (number of topics discussed). Individuals exchanged support more often in the education (723/1170, 61.79%) than in the support (406/1170, 34.70%) sessions or outside session time (41/1170, 3.50%). Of all support exchanges, 535/1170 (45.73%) were informational, 377/1170 (32.22%) were emotional, 217/1170 (18.55%) were appraisal, and 41/1170 (3.50%) were instrumental. When comparing session types, education sessions predominately provided informational support (357/723, 49.4%), and the support sessions predominately provided emotional (159/406, 39.2%) and informational (159/406, 39.2%) support.
conclusionsVE-mediated interactions resemble those in face-to-face environments, as individuals in VEs engage in bidirectional exchanges with others to obtain self-management education and support. Similar to face-to-face environments, individuals in the VE revealed personal information, sought information, and exchanged support during the moderated education sessions and unstructured support sessions. With this versatility, VEs are able to contribute substantially to support for those with diabetes and, very likely, other chronic diseases.
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