J Korean Community Nurs.  2001 Sep;12(2):317-328.

Development of Empowerment Program for the Diabetes Patients and the Experiences of Diabetes Patient's Empowerment Process: A Grounded Theory Methodology Approach

• Choi EO

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to develop the empowerment education program, to describe the experiences of diabetes patient's empowerment process and to develop a theoretical model of the diabetes patient's empowerment process. METHOD 1.: The development of the empowerment program for the diabetes patients : The strategies of the empowerment education program were enhancement of problem - solving, decision making, self-efficacy, self-control, participation and mutual support. METHOD 2.: According to the grounded theory methodology of Strauss and Corbin, the qualitative data was collected with in depth interviews and participants observations until its saturation when the 25 consented subjects were participating and interacting with the other subjects in the empowerment education program.
RESULTS
With the analysis of the data, 29 categories were generated. The core category generated, which was a central phenomenon of the empowerment process, was named powerlessness. The intervening conditions facilitating or impeding the empowerment process were discovered as supportive systems through the participation of group meeting, problem solving dialogue, and the knowledge deficit of self-care. The action/interaction strategies were developed as the paricipating, dialoguing, questioning, supporting system, self-controlling, self efficacy, enhancing self-esteem, stress relaxing and instillation of hope.

MeSH Terms

Decision Making
Diabetes Mellitus
Education
Group Processes
Hope
Humans
Models, Theoretical
Power (Psychology)*
Problem Solving
Self Care
Self Efficacy