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Why do you think that it is difficult to control your diabetes?* (Among 2688 patients with A1C ≥ 7, aged 18–97 years) |
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| Answers |
No (%) |
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| 1-Illiteracy |
268(9.9) |
| 2-No electricity or erratic |
403(15) |
| 3-Migration |
806(30) |
| 4-Needle phobia |
354(13.2) |
| 4-No drug supply from PHC **,or shortage |
1365(50.8) |
| 5-Drugs and or laboratory expense |
1349(50.2) |
| 6-Unawareness of diabetic complications |
825(30.7) |
| 7-Diabetes is untreatable |
561(20.9) |
| 8-Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is not available, or no strips were available or could not be used. |
290(10.8) |
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*Some have more than one answer. ** PHC -primary health care center | |
Mansour Conflict and Health 2008 2:7 doi:10.1186/1752-1505-2-7 |
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