Open AccessDiabetic Self-Care Knowledge and Associated Factors Among Adult Diabetes Mellitus Patients on Follow-Up Care at North Shewa Zone Government Hospitals, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2020
Author(s) -
Lidya Zerihun Sahile,
Mengistu Benayew Shifraew,
Mehiret Zerihun Sahile
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s298336
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , logistic regression , family medicine , government (linguistics) , health care , cross sectional study , demography , endocrinology , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , sociology , economic growth , economics
Inadequate diabetes self-care knowledge leads to developing diabetic complications and death. Diabetic complications are directly related to the patient's level of diabetic self-care knowledge.