About the Authors

Christina Lange Ferreira

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

christina.lange_ferreira@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliations Care in Long Term Conditions, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Hereford County Hospital, Wye Valley NHS Trust, Hereford, United Kingdom

Hellena Habte-Asres

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Care in Long Term Conditions, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Angus Forbes

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Care in Long Term Conditions, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Kirsty Winkley

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Care in Long Term Conditions, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and declare the following competing interests: A doctoral research fellowship funded by the Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND), a charity registered in England, provided salary support for C.L.F. to undertake this work. FEND had no direct role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. H.H.-A. has received speaker honoraria from AstraZeneca and Bayer. C.L.F., A.F., and K.W. have no other competing interests to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products associated with this research.