Clinical impact and future research
diabetes
POORLY CONTROLLED DIABETES MELLITUS, DISEASE, DIABETES
The results of this study did not show a significant association between shared goal setting, targeting on HbA1c levels and goal achievement.For the patient, the HbA1c value is an abstraction with many implications that are difficult to judge or even understand as a lived experience. A previous study has shown, that poorly controlled diabetes mellitus patients perceive their diabetes to a greater extent as a restriction of their daily life, independent of factors such as disease duration, comorbidities, and socio-demographic variables [SDM is an interaction process with the aim of reaching a jointly responsible agreement on the basis of shared information [Future studies should focus on how SDM is implemented, what other goals are shared between GPs and patients, and the extent to which these affect the care of patients with diabetes.