Table 3.

Main themes

Themes	Sensibility of change (Coherence)	‘Diabetic life’ (Cognitive Participation)	Diabetes care alliance (Collective Action)
Definitions	Self‐awareness that change is necessary and sensible due to the health risks but experiencing dissonance between the rational view and the lived reality	Personal challenges of managing what is viewed as an invasion of diabetes into all aspects of life and the incongruities between personal values and expectations and living with diabetes	The routines and partnerships in care have to be flexible and individualized to take account of personal contexts and expectations