The impact of patient narratives on self-efficacy and self-care in Australians with type 2 diabetes: stage 1 results of a randomized trial
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of narra- tive communication on self-efficacy and self-care behaviours in people with type 2 diabetes at two time points: 4 weeks and 6 months. Although narrative communication can take many forms, for the purpose of this study a DVD including interviews with people with type 2 diabetes was used. Findings at Time 2 (4 weeks) indicated that narrative communication shows promise as a valuable component of type 2 diabetes self- management programmes. The implication for clinical care is the potential for narrative commu- nication to encourage people to play a more active and effective role in the management of their type 2 diabetes, thus preventing or delaying the onset of diabetes complications. Time 3 (6 month) results will be available in mid-2013