Barriers and enablers of access to diabetes eye care in Auckland, New Zealand: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the barriers and enablers to accessing diabetes eye care services among adults in Auckland.

Design

This was a qualitative study that used semistructured interviews. We performed a thematic analysis and described the main barriers and enablers to accessing services using the Theoretical Domains Framework.

Setting

The study took place in two of the three public funding and planning agencies that provide primary and secondary health services in Auckland, the largest city in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Participants

Thirty people with diabetes in Auckland who had experienced interrupted diabetes eye care, having missed at least one appointment or being discharged back to their general practitioner after missing several appointments.

Results

We

SUBMITTER: Silwal PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11784328 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature