Open AccessPrevalence of disease complications and risk factor monitoring amongst diabetes and hypertension patients attending chronic disease management programmes in a South African Township
Author(s) -
Tiny Masupe,
Jeroen De Man,
Sunday O. Onagbiye,
Thandi Puoane,
Peter Delobelle
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african journal of primary health care and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2071-2936
pISSN - 2071-2928
DOI - 10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.2997
Subject(s) - medicine , risk factor , diabetes mellitus , complication , disease , medical record , logistic regression , type 2 diabetes , pediatrics , endocrinology
South Africa established chronic disease management programmes (CDMPs) called 'clubs' to ensure quality diabetes care. However, the effectiveness of these clubs remains unclear in terms of disease risk factor monitoring and complication prevention.