ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2022
Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia - A Mixed Methods Study.
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- Exploring barriers and enablers to diabetes self-care practice in Ethiopia, 2025: A qualitative systematic review.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated factors among persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity pillars · 2026Review
- Factors Influencing Adherence to Self-Care in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Literature Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Barriers to diabetes self-management in the North Shoa Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative study with patients and healthcare providers.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Determinants of self-monitoring adherence in type 2 diabetes: bridging the gap in patient care.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Lived experiences of diabetes self-management in North Shoa, Ethiopia: A phenomenological inquiry.PloS one · 2026Article
- Diabetes self-care activities and health-related quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes in Ho, Ghana: a cross-sectional study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2025Article
- Patients and healthcare providers needs and challenges in diabetes self-management and support in Ethiopian primary healthcare context.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Adherence to diabetic self-care management and associated factors among type 2 diabetic patients in North Shewa Zone public hospitals in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2025Article
- Self-care practice and its barriers among diabetes patients in North East Ethiopia: A facility-based cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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Introduction: Diabetes self-care is important to maintain optimal glycemic control and prevent debilitating and costly complications. Diabetes self-care may be improved through the identification of individual and group barriers to regimen adherence and subsequent development of specific plans to overcome these barriers. This study assessed the self-care practice and associated factors among type 2 diabetes patients attending their treatment at Dessie Referral Hospital, Dessie, North-Eastern Ethiopia. Methods: The study employed parallel mixed methods design which followed a cross-sectional interview and in-depth interview methods, respectively, from September to October 2019. The collected data were subjected to descriptive and inferential analysis for the quantitative part and a thematic analysis for the qualitative part. Results: A total of 328 type 2 diabetes patients participated in the study of which 50.3% reported good self-care practice. Being in the age category of 60-69 years old (AOR = 0.334, 95% CI (0.135, 0.951)), being ≥70 years old (AOR = 0.359, 95% CI (0.135, 0.951)), having complications (AOR = 1.956, 95% CI (1.172, 3.262)), having co-morbidity (AOR = 0.443, 95% CI (0.262, 0.749)) and diabetes education (AOR = 2.684, 95% CI (1.633, 4.412)) were significantly associated with good diabetes self-care. Accessibility, social support, knowledge and beliefs and diabetes-related morbidities were identified as barriers to diabetes self-care by the patients. Conclusion: The findings from this study revealed that only half of the type 2 diabetes patients who participated in this study reported good self-care practice. Different factors, including diabetes education, were significantly associated with good diabetes self-care according to the quantitative study. This was supported by the findings from the qualitative part and thus the recommendation to strengthen diabetes health education to patients and their families.
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