Abstract
Persons with diabetes have a range of check-ups to outpatient clinics, usually spread all over the year. As an alternative, an outpatient clinic in the West of Sweden has practiced one-day appointment since 1995. Once a year the same person visit physician, nurse, dietician etc and participate in patient education. As the same 6–8 persons constitute a group they have during the years become quite familiar. In a previous quantitative study the persons made comments, worth to study in-depth. Hence, a qualitative study, aiming to explore how persons with diabetes experienced to participate in one-day visit, was carried out. Ten informants participated. The interviews were tape-recorded and analysed according to a qualitative method. In the analysis five themes emerged. The results showed that the informants appreciated the opportunity to support each other and that they felt safe. They had fun at the same time as they learnt how to cope with their condition. They received support from the staff and had practical advantages of bringing together all visits on the same day. To conclude: the persons seem to feel empowered and prefer one-day visits to ordinary visits, spread all over the year. The article ends by discussing one-day visit as a model for other groups.