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ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2018

Living with Diabetes: Personal Interviews with Pakistani Women in Norway.

Walaa Abuelmagd, Helle Håkonsen, Khadijah Qurrat-Ul-Ain Mahmood, Najmeh Taghizadeh, Else-Lydia Toverud

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Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Walaa AbuelmagdDepartment of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1068, 0316, Oslo, Norway. walaa.abuelmagd@farmasi.uio.no.
Helle HåkonsenDepartment of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1068, 0316, Oslo, Norway.
Khadijah Qurrat-Ul-Ain MahmoodDepartment of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1068, 0316, Oslo, Norway.
Najmeh TaghizadehDepartment of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1068, 0316, Oslo, Norway.
Else-Lydia ToverudDepartment of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1068, 0316, Oslo, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) among Pakistani women in Norway is remarkably high. This study aims to assess how they live with the disease and their response to lifestyle and medical information. 120 Pakistani women living in Norway (mean age: 55.7 years) were personally interviewed about their T2D using a structured questionnaire (response rate: 95%). The participants were first-generation immigrants (mean residence time: 28.7 years) of whom 27% were illiterates. Poor health was reported by one-third, and 71% had developed macrovascular comorbidities. A majority reported physical inactivity and an unhealthy diet included religious fasting. One-third was not able to self-measure their blood glucose. There was a great variation in antidiabetic drug regimens and one-fourth had to use insulin in addition to tablets. Pakistani women in Norway showed suboptimal control of their T2D in terms of lifestyle habits, comorbidities and drug use. Low literacy and cultural factors seem to challenge adherence to lifestyle and medical information.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAsian PeopleBlood Glucose Self-MonitoringCultural CharacteristicsDiabetes ComplicationsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2DietDrug Therapy, CombinationEmigrants and ImmigrantsExerciseFemaleHealth StatusHumansHypoglycemic AgentsHypoglycemic AgentsAdherenceDiabetesImmigrantsNorwayRamadan fasting

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