Table 1.

Definitions of the coded categories and word pair examples.

Category	Definition	Actual word pair examples	References
Information	knowledge related	diabetes information; disease information; learn how	Bartlett & Coulson, 2011; Greene et al, 2010; Kaufman, 2010
Support (informational)	“support,” “help,” “advice,” without referencing another person	support how; information help	Menefee et al, 2016; Kaufman, 2010
Support (social)	“support,” “help,” “advice,” referencing another person	support people; help people	Crotty et al, 2015; Dale et al, 2012; Nicklett et al, 2013
Share/companionship	“share,” and involve other people	information community; share support; friendship information	Crotty et al, 2015; Strom & Egede, 2012; Vassilev et al, 2013
Self-management	diet, self-regulation, complication, blood, etc; pump and instrument; medicine	control better; treatment information; recipes information; pump information; diabetes pump; understand Super Bolus; insulin questions	Bodenheimer et al, 2002; Quinn et al, 2011; Vassilev et al, 2013
N/A	not applicable	other more; other how