Nutritional self-care practices and skills of patients with diabetes mellitus: A study at a tertiary hospital in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nutritional management decreases and/or prevents the complications and deaths associated with diabetes mellitus. However, the majority of patients living with diabetes do not engage in optimal nutritional management of diabetes because they see it as the most difficult aspect of managing the condition. This study aimed to explore and describe the practices and skills on nutritional management of diabetes mellitus among patients living with diabetes attending a Ghanaian hospital.

Materials and methods

This study employed an exploratory, descriptive qualitative research design. Fifteen participants were recruited using purposive sampling, and interviewed with a semi-structured interview guide. Content analysis was performed on the data gathered, following which th

SUBMITTER: Opoku-Addai K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8942245 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature