UNASSIGNED: This study included six focus groups that explored facilitators and barriers to adopting a healthy lifestyle in Black, Hispanic, and American Indian men with diabetes or at risk for type 2 diabetes. Thematic analysis was used to identify facilitators and barriers to adopting a healthy lifestyle.
UNASSIGNED: Participants included males 18 years of age and older identifying as Black, Hispanic, or American Indian and diagnosed with prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, or otherwise at risk for type 2 diabetes. Thirty-seven men participated, 19 diagnosed with diabetes and 18 at risk for type 2 diabetes. Fourteen Black, 14 Hispanic, and 9 American Indian men participated. The themes of facilitators to a healthy lifestyle included: family and the social network; psychosocial factors; health status, health priorities and beliefs about aging; knowledge about health and healthy behavior; and healthy community resources. Themes of barriers to a healthy lifestyle also included: mistrust of the health care system, cost, and low socioeconomic status.
UNASSIGNED: This study underscores the complexity of factors involved in adopting a healthy lifestyle for some racial and ethnic minority men with diabetes or at risk for type 2 diabetes.
■这项研究包括六个焦点小组,探讨促进者和障碍在黑人采用健康的生活方式,西班牙裔,和患有糖尿病或有2型糖尿病风险的美洲印第安人男性。主题分析用于确定采用健康生活方式的促进者和障碍。
■参与者包括18岁及以上的黑人男性,西班牙裔,或者美洲印第安人,被诊断患有糖尿病前期,糖尿病,高血压,或有患2型糖尿病的风险。三十七人参加,19人被诊断患有糖尿病,18人处于2型糖尿病的风险中。十四黑,14西班牙裔,9名美国印第安人参加了比赛。促进健康生活方式的主题包括:家庭和社交网络;社会心理因素;健康状况,关于衰老的健康优先事项和信念;关于健康和健康行为的知识;和健康的社区资源。阻碍健康生活方式的主题还包括:对医疗保健系统的不信任,成本,社会经济地位低下。
这项研究强调了一些患有糖尿病或有2型糖尿病风险的种族和少数民族男性采用健康生活方式所涉及的因素的复杂性。