Factors associated with glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ho, Ghana: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to assess the status of glycaemic control and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Methods

This was a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study of 326 patients with type 2 diabetes at the Ho Municipal and Teaching Hospitals. The adequate sample size was calculated using Yamane formula N/1 + Ne², with 95 % confidence interval, 5 % margin of error and 10 % non-response rate and a sample size of 326 was determined. Using the sampling frame of patients chart, systematic random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Glycaemic level was assessed using fasting blood glucose (FBG) readings. A poor glycaemic control was when an average of three months blood glucose l

SUBMITTER: Alor SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10728562 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature