Publications by authors named "Gitte Reventlov Husted"
Objective: To explore whether and how community pharmacy staff display an alteration in emotional awareness through interactional behavior during desk meetings after participating in a mentalizing education programme, and thereby to investigate if theoretical learnings, or offline social cognition, can be translated into actual communicative practice, or online social cognition.
Methods: As part of a larger feasibility study, we developed a methodological framework to categorize interactional contributions in relation to mentalizing communication and emotional awareness. The framework was applied to a total of 50 video recordings of community pharmacy desk interactions from 11 Danish community pharmacies who all participated in the mentalizing education programme.
Person-specific evidence was developed as a grounded theory by analyzing 20 selected case descriptions from interventions using the guided self-determination method with people with various long-term health conditions. It explains the mechanisms of mobilizing relational capacity by including person-specific evidence in shared decision-making. Person-specific self-insight was the first step, achieved as individuals completed reflection sheets enabling them to clarify their personal values and identify actions or omissions related to self-management challenges.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Counselling patients in community pharmacies is important to obtain the best usage of medicines. However, it does not seem to be sufficiently patient-centred. To become more patient-centred, communication guidelines could be used but the guidelines need to be supplemented with up-to-date research that specifies how patient-centredness takes place or could take place in the pharmacy encounters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diabetes is a demanding disease with a complex treatment regimen. Many persons with diabetes have difficulty managing their disease and taking medication as prescribed, possibly because they lack knowledge and sometimes misinterpret medical benefits. Community pharmacies continuously provide professional counselling to persons with diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUsing qualitative methods to explore the dynamics of patients' perspective sharing in community pharmacy counseling- conversation analysis and video-stimulated recall interviews.
Pharm Pract (Granada)
December 2021
Article Synopsis
- Patients often feel shy or nervous about sharing their thoughts when they visit pharmacies, which can make it hard for them to get the help they need.
- A study was done to find out why this happens by using video and talking to the patients and pharmacy workers afterwards.
- The results showed that sometimes pharmacy workers don’t listen properly and think they know what patients should say, making it tough for patients to share openly.
Improving empowerment, motivation, and medical adherence in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial of a patient-centered intervention.
Patient Educ Couns
December 2019
Objective: To test whether an intervention consisting of four patient-centered consultations improves glycemic control and self-management skills in patients with poorly regulated type 2 diabetes (T2DM), compared to a control group receiving usual care.
Methods: Unblinded parallel randomized controlled trial including 97 adults diagnosed with T2DM ≥ 1 year and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels ≥ 8.0% (64 mmol/mol).
Article Synopsis
- Young people with type 1 diabetes can have a hard time managing their condition as they grow up, and a mobile app called "Young with Diabetes" was tested to see if it could help them.
- In a study, some young people used the app while others only received regular care to compare results.
- After a year, the app group had slightly better blood sugar levels, but only those who used it regularly saw big improvements, and many liked the app enough to recommend it to friends.
Article Synopsis
- The YWD app helps young people with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) manage their condition better as they grow up, especially during the tough transition from childhood to adulthood.
- The study involved interviews with 20 young people aged 15 to 23, who shared their experiences using the app over 12 months.
- Key findings showed that the app provided support through connecting with peers, sharing experiences, and getting advice, but some users found it less motivating over time.
Article Synopsis
- Young people with type 1 diabetes have a tough time managing their condition, but an mHealth app could help them do better.
- The study aimed to create an app called "Young with Diabetes" (YWD) to support these young people using feedback from them, their parents, and health providers.
- It’s important to include everyone who will use the app during its design and to have a team with different skills to make it really effective.
Isolated thoughts and feelings and unsolved concerns: adolescents' and parents' perspectives on living with type 1 diabetes - a qualitative study using visual storytelling.
J Clin Nurs
October 2017
Article Synopsis
- The study looks at how teenagers and their parents deal with type 1 diabetes and what support they need for better self-management as they grow up.
- Both teens and parents have similar worries about health, safety, independence, and the future, but they often feel alone with their concerns.
- Understanding these experiences can help doctors and nurses provide better support for families dealing with type 1 diabetes.
The Danish Adult Diabetes Registry.
Clin Epidemiol
October 2016
Aim Of The Database: The aim of the Danish Adult Diabetes Registry (DADR) is to provide data from both the primary health care sector (general practice [GP]) and the secondary sector (specialized outpatient clinics) to assess the quality of treatment given to patients with diabetes. The indicators represent process and outcome indicators selected from the literature.
Study Population: The total diabetes population in Denmark is estimated to be ~300,000 adult diabetes patients.
Empowerment, motivation, and medical adherence (EMMA): the feasibility of a program for patient-centered consultations to support medication adherence and blood glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Patient Prefer Adherence
September 2015
Purpose: To explore the feasibility of a research-based program for patient-centered consultations to improve medical adherence and blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Patients And Methods: The patient-centered empowerment, motivation, and medical adherence (EMMA) consultation program consisted of three individual consultations and one phone call with a single health care professional (HCP). Nineteen patients with type 2 diabetes completed the feasibility study.