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Appendix 11: Draft Interview Guide
Introduction
My name is Iman Permana, I am undertaking a large research project as part of my PhD study and am interviewing you today to explore how you manage your diabetes and whether religion or the level of
religiosity you have influences your disease management. As a researcher I am not asking you any questions to make a judgment on how you manage your diabetes or how you embed religious practice
within your life, but just to understand your experience.
A: General
Who do you live with, family, other? How many children do you have, ages?
Is there any relative other than core family, grandparents, grandchildren, brother, sister? What do you do for a livingwork? Are you a breadwinner?
How often do you socialize? Who with do you have a network of friends, community?
B: Knowledge
Do you feel you have a good knowledge about your diabetes? What information have you received? From whom?
Do they have a training programme for diabetic patients at the hospital? If yes what? Have health professionals explained the complications of diabetes to you, if so what have you been
told, what do you understand? Do you feel you understand your condition enough to be able to manage it effectively? If yes how or
No why?
B: Management of diabetes Management
Family, social daily life Religion prompt
How do you manage your diabetes day to day?
What does self-care mean to you? Would you say that your diabetes
is well controlled, uncontrolled, stable etc?
How does the management of your family life influence how
you care for your diabetes? work, children, friends
Do you believe that religion directs how you live your life and
manage your diabetes? If so how?
Being charitable?
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professional is more in charge of your diabetes than yourself?
Do you follow the advice of the health professional?
– if so what? Who makes the decisions on when
to and how to change your diabetes regime?
Frequently attending
the mosque?
What are your perceptions of Allah towards your illness?
What activities do you undertake that help you stay healthy? What strategies do you use to stay healthy
– for the following activities see questionnaire results – highlow self-care religiosity
Diet
Do you eat healthy? If so what? Do you follow the advice of the
health professional, with respect to your diet?
Do you eat what you want and adjust your insulin accordingly?
What strategies do you use to eat healthy? such as small regular
meals, reduced carbohydrate Who cooks the food at home?
Do you have to manage a different meal to the rest of
the family? How do you manage when you
socialize and eat meals with friends?
What strategies do you use to control your diabetes with the
family? Do you think that Allah wants
you to actively stay healthy? What impact does Ramadan or
other religious festivals such as Aqiqah, Idul Fitri or Qurban
have on how you organize your diet?
Do you feel confident to keep fasting?
What self-caring
strategies do you do to keep during fasting to stay healthy?
How does you day-to- day religion practice impact on your
diet and eating healthy?
Medication-
Do you feel that the health professionals are more in charge
of your diabetes than yourself? Do you believe that Allah will
help you if you adhere to the health
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regime?
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health professional or adapt it to fit your lifestyle?
Who makes the decisions on when to and how to change your
diabetes regime?
What strategies do you use to with respect to your medication to stay
healthy? How do you manage your
medication when you socialize and go out?
Do you adjust you insulin or take it with you to administer
as necessary? Do you use other modes of
treatment? If yes, what and why spiritual
healing, complementary therapy? If no,
why? Do you believe that Allah has
sent you different treatment through
other modes
of therapy?
Physical activity
What do you know about physical activity in managing diabetes?
Do you have difficulties to adhere to the physical activity regimes?
What strategies do you use to stay physically healthy?
How does your work influence how you stay healthy?
If a house wife, how does this influence your diabetes self-
care, physical activity? Do your family or friends assist
you to undertake physical
activity?
What strategy to keep active during Ramadan?
Frequently attending
the mosque?
Foot care
What do you know about why foot care is important for diabetic
patients?
What do you look for when you inspect your feet?
Do you have difficulties to do foot care in daily life?
What strategies do you use to keep healthy feet?
Do your family or friends help
or remind you about foot care?
How does foot care affect your daily prayer activities, such as
sholat?
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blood glucose monitoring
What advice have you been given regarding how often you should
measure your blood glucose?
Do you follow the advice of the health professional?
Are you confident in doing it yourself? Do you have a blood
glucose monitor?
What strategies do you use to understand when and how to
measure your blood glucose, or how do you know if your blood
glucose is stable?
Is there a time of the day you particularly measure your blood
glucose? Do your family or friends assist
you in monitoring your blood glucose?
Do you do your blood glucose monitoring differently during
Ramadan? not allowed to draw blood
Do you confident in changing the way your measure blood glucose
during this time? Do you measure your glucose
around your religious practice?
C: General Religion