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Lifestyle modification is an important component of long-term management of patients with diabetes mellitus. The objectives of the cross-sectional study were to measure the level of adherence to lifestyle modification, to identify the factors influencing adherence to lifestyle modification, to measure the prevalence of diabetes complications among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The sample comprised 119 participants who were diabetes mellitus type 2 patients registered at the study site, aged 18 years and above , could converse in English or Shona, and had been diagnosed within a period of 2 years. They were selected using simple random sampling with replacement. Data was collected through an interviewer administered questionnaire.. Adherence to lifestyle modification was low (7.56%). Factors influencing adherence to lifestyle modification; for diet they include, lack of money (21.01%), attending functions (15.13%), lack of satiety (12.61%), tempting foods (12.61%); for exercises they include, illness (26.89%), lack of time (18.49%), fatigue (15.13%) and no education (10.92%) . The most common complications were retinopathy (79.83%), peripheral neuropathy (78.99%) and sexual dysfunction (44.54%). A weak negative linear relationship was shown between adherence to lifestyle modification and the total number of diabetes complications (r= -0.1398, p = 0.1295) but was not

Factors Related To Non-Adherence To Lifestyle Modification In Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 At Harare Central Hospital