Observational studyJournal of diabetes research2016
Glycaemic Control and Associated Self-Management Behaviours in Diabetic Outpatients: A Hospital Based Observation Study in Lusaka, Zambia.
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- Predictor factors of uncontrolled diabetes.BMC endocrine disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Poor glycemic control and its predictors among people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Acceptability and usability of home-based HIV and blood glucose self-testing and home-based blood pressure measurement in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
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- Patterns of glycaemic control and associated factors among adult patients with diabetes attending medical referral clinics in two public hospitals in North-West Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Correlates of retinopathy in persons living with type 2 diabetes at a clinic in Zambia.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Poor glycemic control and its associated factors among children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Harar, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2023Review
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- Routine health data describe adherence and persistence patterns for oral diabetes medication for a virtual cohort in the Khayelitsha sub-district of Cape Town, South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Glycemic Control and Its Relationship with Diabetes Self-Care Behaviors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Northern Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2022Article
- Diabetes in a TB and HIV-endemic South African population: Analysis of a virtual cohort using routine health data.PloS one · 2021Article
- Magnitude and predictors of poor glycemic control among patients with diabetes attending public hospitals of Western Ethiopia.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Medication adherence and self-care behaviours among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana.PloS one · 2020Article
- Global disability burden and its predictors among adult Nigerians living with Type-2 diabetes.Ghana medical journal · 2019Article
- A survey on patients' characteristics, perception of family support and diabetes self-management among type 2 diabetes patients in South-West Nigeria.Nursing open · 2019Article
- Assessment of glycemic control in type 2 diabetes in the Eastern Sudan.BMC research notes · 2018 · on this mapArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe control of diabetes mellitus depends on several factors that also include individual lifestyles. We assessed glycaemic control status and self-management behaviours that may influence glycaemic control among diabetic outpatients.
methodsThis cross-sectional study among 198 consenting randomly selected patients was conducted at the University Teaching Hospital diabetic clinic between September and December 2013 in Lusaka, Zambia. A structured interview schedule was used to collect data on demographic characteristics, self-management behaviours, and laboratory measurements. Binary logistic regression analysis using IBM SPSS for Windows version 20.0 was carried out to predict behaviours that were associated with glycaemic control status.
resultsThe proportion of patients that had good glycaemic control status (HbA1c≤ 48 mmol/mol) was 38.7% compared to 61.3% that had poor glycaemic control status (HbA1c≥ 49 mmol/mol). Adherence to antidiabetic treatment and fasting plasma glucose predicted glycaemic control status of the patients. However, self-blood glucose monitoring, self-blood glucose monitoring means and exercise did not predict glycaemic control status of the patients.
conclusionWe find evidence of poor glycaemic control status among most diabetic patients suggesting that health promotion messages need to take into account both individual and community factors to promote behaviours likely to reduce nonadherence.
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