Quotes | TDF | |
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[A] | “No, I do not have them very often [low blood sugar]. No, but then with my husband [he broke his hip due to a fall] ( …) But I just had to get used to it, to the new routine, until it was over.” (female, 70–80 years old) | Nature of behaviour |
[B] | “I should have prepared the warm meal earlier, but I am used to eating lunch at 12 o’clock. And I have the food ready at 12 o’clock, and I could not make that.” (female, 70–80 years old) | Nature of behaviour |
[C] | “I do not really know this very well yet ( …) It is not that easy for me to skip one tablet or to take one tablet extra the next day. That is my problem, because I don’t have a sufficiently regular daily schedule. I’m trying to change that.” (Female 60–70 years old) | Knowledge/ Nature of behaviour |
[D] | “So when it is low they say: ‘you need to inject more’, ok, how much more?” [Interviewer: “If it is low you need to inject more insulin?”] “Yes, so that it will go up again, as it were. [Interviewer: “Insulin lowers your sugar.”] “Yes, exactly. So I think, I will do it my way. I get a small bottle of soda or two biscuits with jelly and then it’s all fine again.” (Female ≥ 80 years old) | Knowledge |
[E] | “Yes, I have had days, that I think like, ( …) I want to finish my work, my assignment, but then a colleague said like: ‘leave it for a while, we will take it over and you just sit down for a while.” (Female < 60 years old) | Social influences and social/professional role and identity |
[F] | “I went to the gym for a while, ( …) and there I sometimes overestimated myself a little, and then I would get a hypo, because I would use a treadmill more than I could handle with my bad legs.” | Beliefs about capabilities |
[G] | “So, I injected 4 [units] ( …) But, sometimes, it is too much and then I think that I should inject only 3 units. ( …) But then again my glucose gets close to 10 and I really want my glucose to be as low as possible.” (Female 70–80 years old) | Motivation and goals |
[H] | “I love mashed potato stews; I allow myself this once in a while. I think I should be able to do that, otherwise life is not pleasant anymore.” (Female 60–70 years old) | Motivation and goals |