Patient perspectives on patient similarity-based risk communication for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in primary care: A qualitative study

Ruiheng Ong; Chirk Jenn Ng; Kalaipriya Gunasekaran; Hang Liu; Wynne Hsu; Mong Li Lee; Ngiap Chuan Tan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327623

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Patient perspectives on patient similarity-based risk communication for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in primary care: A qualitative study

Ruiheng Ong ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ong.ruiheng@singhealth.com.sg

Affiliation SingHealth Polyclinics, SingHealth, Singapore, Singapore

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-0071

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Chirk Jenn Ng,

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

Affiliations SingHealth Polyclinics, SingHealth, Singapore, Singapore, Family Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, SingHealth-Duke NUS Academic Medical Centre, SingaporeSingapore
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Kalaipriya Gunasekaran,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation SingHealth Polyclinics, SingHealth, Singapore, Singapore
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Hang Liu,

Roles Conceptualization, Software

Affiliation Institute of Data Science, National University of Singapore, SingaporeSingapore
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Wynne Hsu,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Institute of Data Science, National University of Singapore, SingaporeSingapore
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Mong Li Lee,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Institute of Data Science, National University of Singapore, SingaporeSingapore
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Ngiap Chuan Tan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations SingHealth Polyclinics, SingHealth, Singapore, Singapore, Family Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, SingHealth-Duke NUS Academic Medical Centre, SingaporeSingapore
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Patient perspectives on patient similarity-based risk communication for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in primary care: A qualitative study

Ruiheng Ong,
Chirk Jenn Ng,
Kalaipriya Gunasekaran,
Hang Liu,
Wynne Hsu,
Mong Li Lee,
Ngiap Chuan Tan

Published: July 2, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327623

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