Meihua Ji, PhD, RN, is PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Meihua Ji is now Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Dianxu Ren, PhD, MD, is Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Dean and Distinguished Service Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, PhD, MHS, is Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Judith A. Erlen, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Accepted for publication June 15, 2019.
The authors would like to thank the support received from the Endocrinology Center at Beijing Luhe Hospital where the data were collected, especially the clinic nurses including:
Xiaojing Wang, BSN, head nurse, Endocrinology Center, Luhe Hospital, Beijing, China;
Huan Dong, BSN, RN, staff nurse, Endocrinology Center, Luhe Hospital, Beijing, China;
Wenying Zhao, MSN, RN, staff nurse, Endocrinology Center, Luhe Hospital, Beijing, China.
Ping Wang, BSN, RN, staff nurse, Endocrinology Center, Luhe Hospital, Beijing, China.
Qianqian Li, BSN, RN, staff nurse, Endocrinology Center, Luhe Hospital, Beijing, China.
In addition, Ran Sun, PhD, RN, research assistant, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, helped with translating and validating the Chinese documents that were used in the study.
In addition, the authors also would like to thank Dr. Ying Wu, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and professor, Capital Medical University School of Nursing, Beijing, China, for providing support during implementation of the study.
This study was supported by the Margaret E. Wilkes Scholarship Fund Award (FY18), University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing.
This article is part of the first author’s dissertation project “Diabetes Self-Management and Health Outcomes Among Chinese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.”
Intuitional review board approval for the current study was obtained from the Ethical Committee at Luhe Hospital (2017LH-HZ-004) and from the Human Research Protections Office at the University of Pittsburgh (PRO17080346).
The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
Corresponding author: Meihua Ji, PhD, RN, Capital Medical University School of Nursing, 10 YouAnmenwai Xitoutiao, Fengtai District, Beijing, China, 100069 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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