Table 2.

Themes and subthemes from patient semistructured interviews regarding social and goal-based comparisons of diabetes health status

Main themes	Subthemes
Self-relevance	Importance
	Unique experience of disease
	Personalized information*
	Similarities to comparison target*
Motivation	Enhanced motivation
	Competitiveness*
	Resignation or diminished motivation
	Perceived self-efficacy
	Sustained motivation*
	Motivation unchanged
Self-concept	Self-evaluation
	Negatively affected
	Positively affected
Emotions	Negative emotions
	Positive emotions
Information seeking	Self-care information
	Medication information
	Online as source
	Health professional as source
	Other patients as source*
Medical care	Appointment and referrals
	Medical services
	Straightforwardness
Self-care	Enhanced self-care
	Diminished self-care

*Unique to social comparisons.