Forgone care in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Diabetes mellitus is a complex chronic disease requiring appropriate continuous medical care and delayed, or forgone care may exacerbate the severity of the disease. This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting forgone care in patients with type2 diabetes.

Materials and methods

This was a cross-sectional study involving 1139 patients with type 2 diabetes aged> 18 years in 2019 in Tabriz, Iran. The researcher-made questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS software version 22 and IBM AMOS 22. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was performed for dimension reduction of the questionnaire, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) used to verify the result of EFA. We applied the binary logistic regression model to a

SUBMITTER: Jalilian H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8386068 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature