Evaluation of glycemic control status and its associated factors among diabetes patients on follow-up at referral hospitals of Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study, 2020

Poor Glycemic Control and Its Contributing Factors Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients at Adama Hospital Medical College in East Ethiopia

“…27 It was higher than 50%, 25 55.3%, 22 and 57.1% 23 prevalence at Oromia and Amhara regional hospitals in Ethiopia. But, it was lower than 70.8%, 28 70.9%, 21 71.4%, 14 72.7%, 8 and 73.5% 29 prevalence at Oromia and Amhara regional hospitals in Ethiopia. The discrepancy observed between this and other studies was due to the difference in sample size, and operational definition used (this study uses fasting blood glucose level to categorized glycemic control, while other studies use hemoglobin A1c to categorized glycemic control).…”

“…13,[15][16][17][18][19][20] The magnitude of poor glycemic control among type 2 diabetes patients in Ethiopia was ranges from 50% to 80%. 8,11,[28][29][30]14 , [21][22][23][24][25][26][27] The factors associated with glycemic control were age, gender, marital status, residence, educational status, occupational status, monthly income, family history of DM, membership of diabetes association, type of diabetes, duration of diabetes, type of medication, body mass index, physical exercise, knowledge and attitude insulin self-administration, adherence to diet, and medication, follow-up, self-monitoring of blood glucose levels and family support. 8,11,[27][28][29][13][14][15]17,19,21,24,25,31,32 To minimize the burden of diabetes mellitus, strictly maintaining a patient's blood glucose level in the normal or close to the normal range is crucial.…”

“…8,11,[28][29][30]14 , [21][22][23][24][25][26][27] The factors associated with glycemic control were age, gender, marital status, residence, educational status, occupational status, monthly income, family history of DM, membership of diabetes association, type of diabetes, duration of diabetes, type of medication, body mass index, physical exercise, knowledge and attitude insulin self-administration, adherence to diet, and medication, follow-up, self-monitoring of blood glucose levels and family support. 8,11,[27][28][29][13][14][15]17,19,21,24,25,31,32 To minimize the burden of diabetes mellitus, strictly maintaining a patient's blood glucose level in the normal or close to the normal range is crucial. 31 Despite many studies done in Ethiopia regarding this issue, 8,11,[29][30][31]14,21,22,[24][25][26][27][28]33 most of them were conducted in the Oromia and Amhara regions of Ethiopia, which did not truly reflect the magnitude in the Eastern parts of Ethiopia.…”

“…8,11,[27][28][29][13][14][15]17,19,21,24,25,31,32 To minimize the burden of diabetes mellitus, strictly maintaining a patient's blood glucose level in the normal or close to the normal range is crucial. 31 Despite many studies done in Ethiopia regarding this issue, 8,11,[29][30][31]14,21,22,[24][25][26][27][28]33 most of them were conducted in the Oromia and Amhara regions of Ethiopia, which did not truly reflect the magnitude in the Eastern parts of Ethiopia. Besides, this study done with the expectation of getting different results due to the presence of great variation in socioeconomic, cultural and lifestyle characteristics of the study populations compared to other studies in Ethiopia.…”

Prevalence and predictors of suboptimal glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in northern Thailand: A hospital-based cross-sectional control study

“…Married participants had a greater risk of suboptimal glycemic control than those who ever married. However, a study conducted in Ethiopia did not show a difference in suboptimal glycemic control between married and ever-married groups [ 35 ]. A study in Eastern Sudan reported that being unmarried had a greater risk of suboptimal glycemic control than being married [ 31 ].…”