Why carry out this study?

This study was based on the hypothesis that patients with type 2 diabetes who do not have a stable future time perspective are likely to stop their diabetes treatment

By asking patients with type 2 diabetes why they do or do not engage in persistent treatment, this study explored the components of future time perspective, i.e., what constitutes such a perspective for an individual

What was learned from the study?

The qualitative and quantitative analysis showed that patients with no future time perspective and no a sense of type 2 diabetes ownership, such as those who lacked consciousness of the disease despite a definite diagnosis or those who had a dissipated life, had difficulty engaging in persistent treatment

For patients with type 2 diabetes who lack a future time perspective with a sense of type 2 diabetes ownership, provision of purpose in life instead of treatment goals may contribute to improved persistent treatment engagement