Latent classes of learners in people with type 2 diabetes, stratified by educational status: A cross-sectional study.

Autor: Healy KV; Institute of Medical Sociology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany., Rähse T; Institute of Medical Sociology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Electronic address: tobias.raehse@medizin.uni-halle.de., Weise S; Institute of Medical Sociology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; Institute for General Medicine, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany., Fink A; Institute of Medical Sociology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; District Administration Groß-Gerau, Germany, Department of Health, Germany., Frese T; Institute for General Medicine, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany., Knöchelmann A; Institute of Medical Sociology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Patient education and counseling [Patient Educ Couns] 2025 Jan; Vol. 130, pp. 108466. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108466
Abstrakt: Objective: Research suggests that people with type 2 diabetes (PWT2D) exhibit different approaches to learning about disease-management. This study's aims to identify distinct learner groups among PWT2D and stratify them by educational status (ES).
Methods: Cross-sectional data from 227 PWT2D, collected through 46 Likert-scale questions on learning behaviors, preferences, and attitudes, were analyzed using latent class analysis, to identify learner groups. Participants were recruited via healthcare practices in central Germany and a countrywide online survey. Group membership was displayed according to low, medium, and high ES, defined by years of schooling.
Results: Four learner groups were identified: casual, versatile, insecure, and theorist learners. Insecure learners accounted for almost half of all respondents in the low ES group (46 %), casual learners were most prevalent among PWT2D with a medium (27 %), versatile (34 %) and theorist (29 %) learners among those with a high ES.
Conclusion: This study sheds light on learner groups among PWT2D, which differ by ES, suggesting social disparities in diabetes care. Further research is needed to validate these findings.
Practice Implications: Understanding individual learning preferences and motivations is crucial for developing effective diabetes self-management trainings, which may involve providing additional background material for theorists and practical applications for insecure learners.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no competing interests.
(Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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