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The Profile of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Vanga Hospital, Dr Congo

Thesis (Family Medicine)) -- University of Limpopo, 2010. / Background


In the Vanga Health Zone, diabetic patients have idea that diabetes is due to


witchcraft, which idea can interfere with the prevention and management of their


disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of patients diagnosed


with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Vanga Hospital, Democratic Republic of Congo (DR


Congo).


Methods


A cross-sectional study was designed with use of a questionnaire to a systematic


sample of type 2 diabetic patients attending the diabetic clinic of Vanga hospital for at


least six months and resident at Vanga health zone.


Results


Only 2.1 % of the participants believe in a scientific cause for diabetes; 53.5 % of


them do not think that their disease is due to the fact that they crossed over a path


where some ritual was performed and, 89.2 % of the participants believe that God


deserted the person who suffered from diabetes and expect that prayer will rectify the


disease. The majority of participants (65.6 %) had poor glycaemic control. Correlation


analysis has shown that glycaemia level was not significantly associated with


sociodemographic characteristics or health belief factors.


Conclusion
The majority of patients at the Vanga diabetic clinic have a greater need for

management strategies to improve their glycaemic control.

Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, health beliefs, knowledge, sub-Saharan Africa,

rural

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/780
Date January 2010
CreatorsPepe, Banza Kalenga
ContributorsMabuza, L. H., Pretorius, D.
PublisherUniversity of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus)
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
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