Experiencias de los pacientes con diabetes sobre la promoción de la actividad física durante las consultas enfermeras en Cataluña

ObjectiveAlthough physical activity (PA) is a key behaviour for controlling Type 2 Diabetes, problematic adoption and/or adherence continues to impair disease management. This study aims to understand how patients with T2D live and experience nurses PA promotion during consultations in Spanish context.MethodThe present study is a qualitative research. In 2019-2020, pre-COVID-19, 22 people living with T2D from Barcelona province contributed either to focus groups (n = 5) or to semi-structured interviews (n = 4). All interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analysed using conventional content analysis approach through constant comparative method.ResultsData analysis revealed two major themes with 16 subthemes. The two major themes include: «Intra-personal conscious PA adoption processes» and «Structural unconscious PA (non)adherence processes».ConclusionPatients’ experiences reflect two concurrent and interconnected issues. First, most patients readily adopted new PA after encouragement from nurses, who were the main proponents of PA. Indeed, adoption seemed to be most nurses’ PA priority and it was effective for most patients. Second, few nurses discussed adherence, making it an almost universal problem and source of disappointment. For adherence, patients experience that nurses’ attention needs to focus on activating processes and skills that support continued involvement in already-adopted PA.     

El proceso de institucionalización de la enfermera gestora de casos en España. Análisis comparativo entre los sistemas autonómicos de salud

Care of chronicity is a pressing issue for health systems because of its high prevalence and the organisational challenges that it generates. Different countries solve the complexity of the care of chronicity through case management by the nursing profession, obtaining good results.This paper analyses the status of institutionalisation of the case management nurse in Spain through the design of a reference standard to compare between the autonomous communities in their approach to chronicity. Thus, we sought to monitor the degree of progress of the institutional structure of the policies for the care of chronicity in our country through this healthcare professional. Our results showed that no autonomous community has reached the maximum standard of implementation and that the situation is very heterogeneous, confirming a weak and erratic degree of institutionalisation of the case management nurse in Spain despite the formal recognition of their role in patient care.