ArticleInternational scholarly research notices2017
Barriers to Diet and Exercise among Nepalese Type 2 Diabetic Patients.
Article in International scholarly research notices, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Self-care behaviours among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Individual patient-centered target-driven intervention to improve clinical outcomes of diabetes, health literacy, and self-care practices in Nepal: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Trial
- Barriers to diabetes self-management in the North Shoa Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative study with patients and healthcare providers.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Article
- Article
- Level of adherence to physical activity recommendations among adults with type 2 diabetes in Qatar and associated factors: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Factors influencing type 2 diabetes self-management practices in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative investigation.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Self-management of chronic, non-communicable diseases in South Asian settings: A systematic mixed-studies review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of type 2 diabetes complications and its association with diet knowledge and skills and self-care barriers in Tabriz, Iran: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Adherence to Recommended Regimen and Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Rwinkwavu District Hospital, Rwanda.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2022Article
- Analyzing the Implementation of Policies and Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes at Primary Health Care Level in Nepal.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Article
- The influence of patriarchy on Nepali-speaking Bhutanese women's diabetes self-management.PloS one · 2022Article
- Awareness of Type 2 Diabetic Patients about the Importance of Exercise and Diet on Diabetes Type 2 in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia.Materia socio-medica · 2021Article
- Barriers to and facilitators of diabetes self-management practices in Rupandehi, Nepal- multiple stakeholders' perspective.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Barriers toward the practice of healthy behaviors among patients with non-communicable diseases in Gaza Strip, Palestine.SAGE open medicine · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Nonadherence to Diet and Physical Activity Recommendations among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Southwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of endocrinology · 2020Article
- The association between hypoglycemia and hospital use, food insufficiency, and unstable housing conditions: a cross-sectional study among patients with type 2 diabetes in Sudan.BMC research notes · 2019Article
- Adherence to dietary recommendation and associated factors among diabetic patients in Ethiopian teaching hospitals.The Pan African medical journal · 2019Article
- Enablers and barriers to effective diabetes self-management: A multi-national investigation.PloS one · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This study aims to identify the modifiable barriers encountered by type 2 diabetic patients in Nepal to achieving their recommended dietary and exercise advice. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 197 type 2 diabetic patients, attending a diabetic clinic. Binary logistic regression models were used to identify perceived barriers. About 41% and 46% of the participants were noncompliant to diet and exercise advice, respectively; only 35.5% the participants were compliant to both. Perceived social acceptability (OR = 0.14; 95% CI: 0.03-0.58) and reminder to action (OR = 2.77; 95% CI: 1.38-5.53) were associated with noncompliance to diet. Most of the barriers to diet were related to taste, feast and festivals, lack of knowledge, and availability of healthy options. Self-efficacy (OR = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.02-0.34) and social acceptability (OR = 0.12; 95% CI: 0.04-0.34) were significant predictors of noncompliance to exercise. The supportive role of children and spouse and the opposing role of friends and relatives were important for compliance to both. A misconception on diabetes severity, effectiveness of healthy lifestyle, and exercise timing was prevalent among the study participants. Addressing the modifiable barriers identified in this study is essential for successful diabetes management in Nepal.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.