Strategies for enhancing information, motivation, and skills for self-management behavior changes: a qualitative study of diabetes care for older adults in Korea

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Table 1 Focus group interview guide

Older adults with type 2 diabetes

1. What is the most important or necessary information to control your blood glucose level?

2. What do you think about motivating factors to start or maintain diabetes self-management in your daily life?

3. What are the most important or necessary behavioral skills to control your blood glucose level?

4. What kinds of things make diabetes self-management easy for you or help you?

5. What kinds of things make diabetes self-management hard or difficult for you?

Diabetes educators

1. What is the most important or necessary information to improve diabetes self-management in older adults with diabetes?

2. What are the factors that motivate older adults with diabetes to start or maintain diabetes self-management?

3. What are the most important or necessary behavioral skills to control blood glucose level?

4. What makes it easy for older adults to manage their diabetes?

5. What makes it hard or difficult for older adults to manage their diabetes?

Table 2 Underlying and major themes reported by study participants

Underlying theme	One’s own willingness and ability
Categories	Information	Motivation	Skills
Major themes	Repeatedly offering detailed knowledge regarding self-management Providing information about current health status Identifying experiential knowledge of blood glucose control	Ensuring a positive attitude regarding self-management Encouragement or feedback from significant others	Hands-on skills training with numerical standards