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 Zewdie,1 Getachew Moges,1 Assefa Andargie,2 Bruck Messele Habte3 1Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia; 2School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia; 3School of Pharmacy, C...
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| description | Segenet Zewdie,1 Getachew Moges,1 Assefa Andargie,2 Bruck Messele Habte3 1Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia; 2School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia; 3School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Bruck Messele Habte, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel +251 911 626356, Email bruck.messele@aau.edu.etIntroduction: 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.Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, barriers to self-care practice, diabetes education, mixed methods study, Ethiopia |
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| spelling | doaj.art-602516e859fd48938ed45595bbafbce32023-09-03T00:30:34ZengDove Medical PressDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity1178-70072022-10-01Volume 153081309178760Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia – A Mixed Methods StudyZewdie SMoges GAndargie AHabte BMSegenet Zewdie,1 Getachew Moges,1 Assefa Andargie,2 Bruck Messele Habte3 1Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia; 2School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia; 3School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Bruck Messele Habte, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel +251 911 626356, Email bruck.messele@aau.edu.etIntroduction: 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.Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, barriers to self-care practice, diabetes education, mixed methods study, Ethiopiahttps://www.dovepress.com/self-care-practice-and-associated-factors-among-patients-with-type-2-d-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-DMSOtype 2 diabetes mellitusbarriers to self-care practicediabetes educationmixed methods studyethiopia |
| spellingShingle | Zewdie S Moges G Andargie A Habte BM Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia – A Mixed Methods Study Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity type 2 diabetes mellitus barriers to self-care practice diabetes education mixed methods study ethiopia |
| title | Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia – A Mixed Methods Study |
| title_full | Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia – A Mixed Methods Study |
| title_fullStr | Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia – A Mixed Methods Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia – A Mixed Methods Study |
| title_short | Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia – A Mixed Methods Study |
| title_sort | self care practice and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at a referral hospital in northern ethiopia ndash a mixed methods study |
| topic | type 2 diabetes mellitus barriers to self-care practice diabetes education mixed methods study ethiopia |
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