“Not Today, Diabetes”: Using Blog Analysis to Understand Emotional Interactions and Support Among People With Type 1 Diabetes
The goal of this study is to understand how internet blogs are used by people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to provide or exchange social support. A stratified, clustered proportionate probability sample of entries from 10 Internet blogs focusing on T1D was obtained. A random sample of 100 days generat...
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| author | Heather L. Stuckey Sean M. Oser Sean M. Oser Erin L. Miller Tamara K. Oser Tamara K. Oser Mark Peyrot Aditi Sharma |
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| description | The goal of this study is to understand how internet blogs are used by people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to provide or exchange social support. A stratified, clustered proportionate probability sample of entries from 10 Internet blogs focusing on T1D was obtained. A random sample of 100 days generated 200 blogger posts and 1,606 commenter responses. Entries were coded using qualitative analysis software and analyzed thematically. Blogs were used as a dynamic, interactional form of emotional support from others who understood diabetes from personal experience; and as a source of sharing lived user experience of having diabetes, more often than as a way of communicating medical knowledge or facts about diabetes. Blog participation contributed to a sense of belonging for participants in the “Diabetes Online Community” where there was a shared culture. In conclusion, blogs provide unobtrusive access to the experiences of people with T1D that are driven by their interests rather than those of qualitative research interviewers or healthcare providers. In addition to permitting analysis of the way that participants use blogs to address their own personal wants and needs, blog data can serve as an inexpensive and unobtrusive method for studying topics of interests to researchers and healthcare providers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dfd272e581eb436898bc0fbb9e51ac4e2023-03-25T04:10:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare2673-66162021-01-01110.3389/fcdhc.2020.613569613569“Not Today, Diabetes”: Using Blog Analysis to Understand Emotional Interactions and Support Among People With Type 1 DiabetesHeather L. Stuckey0Sean M. Oser1Sean M. Oser2Erin L. Miller3Tamara K. Oser4Tamara K. Oser5Mark Peyrot6Aditi Sharma7Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United StatesDepartment of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United StatesDepartment of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United StatesDepartment of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United StatesSchool of Medicine, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United StatesDepartment of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United StatesThe goal of this study is to understand how internet blogs are used by people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to provide or exchange social support. A stratified, clustered proportionate probability sample of entries from 10 Internet blogs focusing on T1D was obtained. A random sample of 100 days generated 200 blogger posts and 1,606 commenter responses. Entries were coded using qualitative analysis software and analyzed thematically. Blogs were used as a dynamic, interactional form of emotional support from others who understood diabetes from personal experience; and as a source of sharing lived user experience of having diabetes, more often than as a way of communicating medical knowledge or facts about diabetes. Blog participation contributed to a sense of belonging for participants in the “Diabetes Online Community” where there was a shared culture. In conclusion, blogs provide unobtrusive access to the experiences of people with T1D that are driven by their interests rather than those of qualitative research interviewers or healthcare providers. In addition to permitting analysis of the way that participants use blogs to address their own personal wants and needs, blog data can serve as an inexpensive and unobtrusive method for studying topics of interests to researchers and healthcare providers.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcdhc.2020.613569/fullblogemotional supportqualitative researchtype 1 diabetesdiabetes online community |
| spellingShingle | Heather L. Stuckey Sean M. Oser Sean M. Oser Erin L. Miller Tamara K. Oser Tamara K. Oser Mark Peyrot Aditi Sharma “Not Today, Diabetes”: Using Blog Analysis to Understand Emotional Interactions and Support Among People With Type 1 Diabetes Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare blog emotional support qualitative research type 1 diabetes diabetes online community |
| title | “Not Today, Diabetes”: Using Blog Analysis to Understand Emotional Interactions and Support Among People With Type 1 Diabetes |
| title_full | “Not Today, Diabetes”: Using Blog Analysis to Understand Emotional Interactions and Support Among People With Type 1 Diabetes |
| title_fullStr | “Not Today, Diabetes”: Using Blog Analysis to Understand Emotional Interactions and Support Among People With Type 1 Diabetes |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Not Today, Diabetes”: Using Blog Analysis to Understand Emotional Interactions and Support Among People With Type 1 Diabetes |
| title_short | “Not Today, Diabetes”: Using Blog Analysis to Understand Emotional Interactions and Support Among People With Type 1 Diabetes |
| title_sort | not today diabetes using blog analysis to understand emotional interactions and support among people with type 1 diabetes |
| topic | blog emotional support qualitative research type 1 diabetes diabetes online community |
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