Assessment of factors affecting diabetes management in the City Changing Diabetes (CCD) study in Tianjin.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to identify the local levels of vulnerability among patients with Type-II diabetes (T2DM) in Tianjin. The study was aimed at curbing the rise of T2DM in cities.

Methods

229 participants living with T2DM were purposively sampled from hospitals in Tianjin. Collected data were coded and analysed following well-established thematic analysis principles.

Results

Twelve themes involving 29 factors were associated with diabetes patients' vulnerability: 1. Financial constraints (Low Income, Unemployment, No Medical Insurance/Low ratio reimbursement); 2. Severity of disease (Appearance of symptoms, complications, co-morbidities, high BMI, poor disease control); 3. Health literacy (No/Low/Wrong knowledge of health literacy); 4. Health beliefs (Perceive

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6372168 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature