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Self-care practices regarding diabetes among diabetic patients in West Ethiopia.
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- Psychological determinants of medication adherence in patients with hypertension: a systematic review and meta‑analysis.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Non-adherence to self-care and associated factors among diabetes adult population in Ethiopian: A systemic review with meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence of Poor Diabetes Self-Management Behaviors among Ethiopian Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Level of self-care practice among diabetic patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- The impact of patient navigation on glycemic control, adherence to self-care and knowledge about diabetes: an intervention study.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2023Article
- Self-Management of Diabetes and Associated Factors among Patients Seeking Chronic Care in Tshwane, South Africa: A Facility-Based Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Factors associated with hypertension among diabetic patients in Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2021: case-control study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
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- Predictors of Self-Assessed and Actual Knowledge about Diabetes among Nursing Students in Saudi Arabia.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Self-care practice and its predictors among adult diabetic patients on follow-up at public health care diabetic referral clinics, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
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- Self-care practice and glycemic Control among type 2 diabetes patients on follow up in a developing country: a prospective observational study.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2022Article
- Knowledge of the Therapeutic Goals of Diabetes Care among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes at a Tertiary Hospital in Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the self-care practices and associated factors among diabetic patients in West Ethiopia.
resultsA total of 252 study participants were included in the study, of this 54.8% were male. Of the participants more than half 150 (59.5%) had poor glycemic control and 153 (60.7%) of the participants had good self-care. Majority of the study participants 209 (82.9%) had adequate foot care and more than half 175 (69.4%) and 160 (63.5%) had adequate dietary plan and exercise management respectively. However of the total diabetic patients only 38 (15.1%) had adequate blood glucose testing practices. On multivariable logistic analysis poor self-care practices were more likely to occur among male patients (AOR = 5.551, 95% CI = 2.055-14.997, p = 0.001), patients living in rural area (AOR = 5.517, 95% CI = 2.184-13.938, p < 0.001), patients with duration of diabetes < 6 years (AOR = 41.023, 95% CI = 7.373-228.257, p < 0.001), patients with no access for self-monitoring blood glucose (AOR = 9.448, 95% CI = 2.198-40.617, p = 0.003), patients with poor knowledge about diabetes (AOR = 67.917, 95% CI = 8.212-561.686, p < 0.001) and patients with comorbidities (AOR = 18.621, 95% CI = 4.415-78.540, p < 0.001).
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