Table II.

One participant’s themes, categories, and subcategories for the 3-year period (P05).

Theme	Diagnosis reason for lifestyle change	Aggravating circumstances give insight on own vulnerability	Increasingly difficult to take care of oneself
Category	Positive change	New vulnerability	Dependent
Subcategory	-Feeling better	-Necessary routines	-Health care crucial function
Subcategory	-Explaining diagnosis	-Lack of continuity	-Priority problems
Category	New situation	Knowledge application	Change in attitude
Subcategory	-Initiation change	-Active application	-Renegotiated illness
Subcategory	-New priority	-Involvement of others	-Difficulties
Subcategory	-Knowledge search		-Insufficient glucose levels