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Table 2.

Emergent themes and subthemes: Part 1

Major themes	Common subthemes
Attitudes towards mental health
1 Awareness of link between diabetes and emotional well‐being	Unaware Aware
2 Personal salience	Emotional well‐being not impacted
3 Help seeking	Already accessing emotional supports
4 Health‐care provider‐patient interactions	Little to no discussion about psychosocial issues
5 Mental health stigma	Fear of being “judged” Pressure to be “normal”
Potential barriers to participating in mental health research
1 Participant lack of awareness	Of mental health research Of research opportunities
2 Distrust of research process	False claims Privacy and confidentiality concerns
3 Attitudes of health professionals	Emphasis on “numbers”
4 Practical and logistical barriers	Time Location
5 Emotional issues	Fear of getting labelled Denial Judgement Guilt
Potential motivators to participating in mental health research
1 Information, information, information	Provide detailed information about the research, including research protocol and how findings will be used Raise awareness of health professionals
2 Altruism	Desire to help others
3 Meet our personal needs	Self‐knowledge Connection
4 Tangible incentives	Distinction between “self” and “others”