Adherence to Diabetes Self-Management and Its Associated Factors Among Adolescents Living with Type 1 Diabetes at Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of adherence to diabetes self-management and associated factors among adolescents living with type 1 diabetes at Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. An institutional-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 422 adolescents with typ...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity metabolic syndrome and obesity, 2022-01, Vol.15, p.659-670
Hauptverfasser: Geneti, Yomilan, Wondwossen, Kalkidan, Adimasu, Mekonen, Deressa, Dereje, Aga, Fekadu, Lami, Magarsa, Abdisa, Lemesa, Abebe, Seboka, Dinku, Hirut
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Zusammenfassung:The purpose of this study was to determine the level of adherence to diabetes self-management and associated factors among adolescents living with type 1 diabetes at Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. An institutional-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 422 adolescents with type 1 diabetes attending outpatient diabetic clinics at public hospitals in Addis Ababa. The adolescents were interviewed using pretested questionnaires to give information on adherence to diabetes self-management. A variable that has a P-value of
ISSN:1178-7007
1178-7007
DOI:10.2147/DMSO.S350168