Barriers and facilitators to adherence to anti-diabetic medications: Ethiopian patients’ perspectives
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Barriers and facilitators to adherence to anti-diabetic medications: Ethiopian patients’ perspectives | |
| Creator | Habte, Bruck M. Kebede, Tedla Fenta, Teferi G. Boon, Heather | |
| Description | Background: Little is known about the experiences of Ethiopian patients with type 2 diabetes related to adherence to their anti-diabetic medications. This may limit attempts to develop and implement patient-centred approaches that consider Ethiopian contexts.Objectives: To conduct an exploratory study with a focus on identifying barriers and facilitators to anti-diabetic medications adherence in Ethiopian patients with type 2 diabetes.Methods: Qualitative methods were used to conduct semi-structured interviews with 39 purposively selected participants attending clinic in three public hospitals in central Ethiopia. Open coding was used to analyse the data to identify key themes.Results: A number of factors were identified as barriers and facilitators to participants’ adherence to their anti-diabetic medications. The most common factors were perceptions related to their illness including symptoms, consequences and curability; perceptions of medications including safety concerns, convenience and their necessity; religious healing practices and beliefs; perceptions about and experiences with their healthcare providers and the healthcare system including the availability of medications and diabetes education; and finally perceived self-efficacy and social support.Conclusions: The findings of this study provide guidance to strengthen diabetes education programmes so that they reflect local patient contexts focusing among other things on the illness itself and the anti-diabetic medications. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2017-10-17 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1411 | |
| Source | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 9, No 1 (2017); 9 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928 | |
| Language | eng | |
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