Registered nurse (RN), stud. scient.san
Caroline Mathilde Møller-Nielsen
OPEN Research Unit, Faculty of Health Science, University of Southern Denmark
| Project management | ||
| Project status | Open | |
| Data collection dates | ||
| Start | 01.02.2025 | |
| End | 01.06.2025 | |
Peer-to-peer support for the diabetespatients in Denmark- a qualitative study
Short summary
For managing diabetes in everyday life, recieving social support from others with similar or related experiences, can be beneficial for people with diabetes. Peer to peer mentor programs already exist in Denmark, but a wish for an integrated peer-to-peer support program in the Danish Health Care System, have been expressed by user representatives. Knowledge about how to recruite potential peer-to-peer mentors and maintain their motivation and engagement to stay a peer-to-peer mentor, is sparse.
Rationale
Diabetes is associated with psysical and psychological challanges. Social support from family, friends and peers with similar experiences, have shown in several studies, to have a positive impact on the clinical outcomes in people with diabetes. User representatives in Denmark have expressed a wish for development of a peer-to-peer support program integrated in the Danish Health Care System, where people with diabetes can recieve social support from others with similar experiences in living with and managing diabetes in everyday life. Similar studies from Danish setting, have shown difficulties in recruiting potentiel peer-to-peer workers, and the aim of this study, is to gain knowledge of the needs, wiches, experiences and expectations of people with diabetes, in relations to becomming and staying a peer-to-peer mentor for other people with diabetes, in a peer-to-peer support program in Denmark.
Description of the cohort
This study will consist of 7-10 semi-structured interviews with people aged 18 or more, who is able to understand and communicate in the danish language. To be included, the participants must have had diabetes for more than 1 year, have experiences from being or having a mentor, or be eliable for becomming a mentor. The recruitment strategy consist of recruiting participants though several danish facebook groups, where people can share and communicate about diabetes. Furthermore participants will also be recruited from contacting user representatives with diabetes, and by using snowball sampling.
Data and biological material
Data from interviews with the participants