Systematic review: Perceptions of type 2 diabetes of people of African descent living in high-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To describe how people of African descent perceive and understand type 2 diabetes, and to examine the impact of their perceptions and beliefs on the uptake of diet, exercise, weight control and adherence to medication recommendations.

Design

Systematic literature review of quantitative and qualitative studies.

Data sources

We searched MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, Psych INFO, Academic Search Premier, Education Research Complete, Web of Science and Scopus, World Health Organization (WHO), Diabetes UK and American Diabetes Association for articles published from January 1999 to December 2019.

Review methods

Informed by the PRISMA guidelines, we independently reviewed titles and abstracts, identified articles for full-text review that met inclusion criteria, cond

SUBMITTER: Love O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9546182 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature