Review of ongoing activities and challenges to improve the care of patients with type 2 diabetes across Africa and the implications for the future

B Godman, D Basu, Y Pillay, JC Mwita… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background There has been an appreciable increase in the number of people in Africa with
metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in recent years as a result of a number of …

Improving the assessment of medication adherence: challenges and considerations with a focus on low-resource settings

S Basu, S Garg, N Sharma, MM Singh - Tzu Chi Medical Journal, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Improving patient survival and quality of life in chronic diseases requires prolonged and
often lifelong medication intake. Less than half of patients with chronic diseases globally are …

Adherence to diabetic self-care practices and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Z Bonger, S Shiferaw, EZ Tariku - Patient preference and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background Self-care practices in diabetes patients are crucial to keep the illness under
control and prevent complications. Effective management of diabetes will be a difficult task …

Association of diabetes knowledge with glycemic control and self-care practices among Pakistani people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

A Bukhsh, TM Khan, M Sarfraz Nawaz… - … syndrome and obesity …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This study explored the relationship of disease knowledge with glycemic control
and self-care practices in adult Pakistani people diabetes (PWD). Methods People …

Medication adherence and self-care behaviours among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana

RA Afaya, V Bam, TB Azongo, A Afaya… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Diabetes often coexists with other medical conditions and is a contributing
cause of death in 88% of people who have it. The study aimed at evaluating medication …

Self-efficacy, self-care and glycemic control in Saudi Arabian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional survey

AMJ Saad, ZMH Younes, H Ahmed, JA Brown… - Diabetes research and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aims To determine the prevalence of diabetes self-care activities among type 2 diabetes
patients and examine the association between socio-demographic and clinical parameters …

Diabetic health literacy and its association with glycemic control among adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the outpatient clinic of a university …

YG Tefera, BM Gebresillassie, YK Emiru, R Yilma… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite how much effect of low health literacy is on diabetic treatment cannot
be accurate, it has an impact on controlling blood glucose level. Less is known about …

Poor glycemic control and its contributing factors among type 2 diabetes patients at Adama Hospital Medical College in East Ethiopia

T Yosef, D Nureye, E Tekalign - Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Poor glycemic control is a major public health issue among patients with type 2
diabetes mellitus and a significant risk factor for the progression of diabetic complications …

Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards glycemic control and its associated factors among diabetes mellitus patients

D Asmelash, N Abdu, S Tefera… - Journal of diabetes …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of multiple etiologic factors
characterized by chronic hyperglycemia with disturbance of carbohydrate metabolism. It can …

Factors associated with self-care practice among adult diabetes patients in West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Y Gurmu, D Gela, F Aga - BMC health services research, 2018 - Springer
Background Diabetes, a rising global health problem, requires continuous self-care practice
to prevent acute and chronic complications. However, studies show that few diabetes …