Key positive themes
| Theme and participant examples | ID |
|---|---|
| Reassurance/peace of mind | |
| “The reassurance really…It was perfect because whatever happened it seemed to take control of it” | (009a) |
| “Knowing that I was going to wake up on a good number” | (004) |
| “My parents didn't have to worry so much about what was happening” | (002) |
| “I felt I could completely trust it at night and I felt completely relaxed about it being there” | (004a) |
| Confidence and ‘time off’ from diabetes demands | |
| “I could rely on it and know that I would be alright in the morning” | (006) |
| “That you could just hook it up and it does it all for you” | (011) |
| “If you always wake up on a good number then it kind of sets you up for the rest of the day” | (004) |
| Safety | |
| “Knowing that they're going to be OK in the night…that's a safety thing” | (004a) |
| “At night I didn't have to worry about being diabetic, I just thought, leave it” | (006) |
| “It was good really because it was like having someone taking care of you” | (010) |
| “It always seemed to work and once I'd had it a couple of nights I knew it worked and it was good” | (012) |
| Improved diabetes control | |
| “The perfect sugar control overnight…” | (015) |
| “My improved HbA1c was probably best for me…” | (001) |
| “It really did keep my blood sugar within a very tight range all through the night …” | (008) |
| “…cos I was lower I could do more, I could concentrate better…” | (013) |
| Being able to get a good night's sleep | |
| “For the first time in 10 years I didn't have to do a blood test at 11 o'clock at night” | (013a) |
| “Not having the worry…not having to drag yourself out of bed testing at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning…It was reliable” | (002a) |
| “I had better sleep, you don't worry about what you have to do” | (001) |
| “Every night we could sleep” | (005a) |