Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia - A Mixed Methods Study.
Segenet ZewdieGetachew MogesAssefa AndargieBruck Messele HabtePublished in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2022)
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.