Barriers to Diabetes Patients' Self-Care Practices in Eastern Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study from the Health Care Providers Perspective.
Shiferaw LettaFekadu B AgaTesfaye Assebe YadetaBiftu GedaYadeta DessiePublished in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2021)
Multi-level barriers to diabetes patients' self-care practices such as system, health care providers, and patients were identified. Therefore, interventions targeting proper service integration, building providers' and patients' capacity on diabetes self-care practices, and ensuring the sustainability of laboratory tests and medication supplies are essential. These interventions need to be accomplished through multi-level stakeholders' engagement and one-to-one or group interventions covering the multi-level challenges.