Jemds.com Original Research Article J Evolution Med Dent Sci / eISSN - 2278-4802, pISSN - 2278-4748 / Vol. 9 / Issue 48 / Nov. 30, 2020 Page 3648 Self-Management Experiences and Challenges of Elderly Women with Type 2 Diabetes Pushpamala Ramaiah Ponaiah 1 , Nahla A. Tayyib 2 , Grace Macfarland Lindsay 3 , Kalaiselvi Periannan 4 1, 2, 3 Department of Nursing, Umm al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. 4 Department of Nursing, Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery, UK. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Diabetes will occur at any age, but the presence of co-morbid conditions in the elderly population complicates its management. There are increasing concerns about managing the physical and emotional perspectives of older people whose functional and reasoning needs are on a decline. An older adult with diabetes is at increased risk of developing mental illness and is considered as one of the emerging widespread health issues of the twenty first century in India. Compliance with self-care behaviour is essential in developing a better outcome in glycaemic control and quality of life. This study aims to explore the self-care management experiences and challenges of older women with diabetes using online group discussion. METHODS Purposive sampling method was adopted to assign patients with diabetes from four semi-urban communities of India from different regions. Twenty-two women were employed to obtain data, and conduct group discussions a total of ten times through online sessions. RESULTS Three themes were generated from the collected and analysed data such as body- mind voice perception, everyday challenges, including self-management accomplishment problems in exploring novel insights of their experiences and issues of older women with regard to self-care management of diabetes. CONCLUSIONS Community healthcare multidisciplinary teams must be involved in providing health education to the needed population with diabetes to minimize patients’ anxiety and to develop more patient focused, high quality, competent and compassionate care. In addition to monitoring patients, more attention is needed on successful adaptation to maintain a better quality of life. KEY WORDS Older Woman, Diabetes Mellitus, Online Focus Group, Experiences, Challenges, Quality of Life Corresponding Author: Dr. Pushpamala Ramaiah Ponaiah, Faculty of Nursing, Umm al – Qura, University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. E-mail: aravindanadar@gmail.com DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2020/801 How to Cite This Article: Ponaiah PR, Tayyib NA, Lindsay GM, et al. Self-management experiences and challenges of elderly women with type 2 diabetes. J Evolution Med Dent Sci 2020;9(48):3648-3654, DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2020/801 Submission 01-07-2020, Peer Review 14-10-2020, Acceptance 20-10-2020, Published 30-11-2020. Copyright © 2020 JEMDS. This is an open access article distributed under Creative Commons Attribution License [Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)]