The Magnitude, Types, and Roles of Social Support in Diabetes Management among Diabetics’ in Southern Ethiopia: a Multilevel, Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan,1 Teshome Tesfaye Habebo,1,2 Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad,1 Abbas Rahimi Foroushani,3 Dawit G/Michael Anshebo4 1Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic); 2Disease Preven...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:40277d7b1a124f5288ea390fc91166722021-12-02T19:06:31ZThe Magnitude, Types, and Roles of Social Support in Diabetes Management among Diabetics’ in Southern Ethiopia: a Multilevel, Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study1178-7007https://doaj.org/article/40277d7b1a124f5288ea390fc91166722021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/the-magnitude-types-and-roles-of-social-support-in-diabetes-management-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-DMSOhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-7007Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan,1 Teshome Tesfaye Habebo,1,2 Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad,1 Abbas Rahimi Foroushani,3 Dawit G/Michael Anshebo4 1Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic); 2Disease Prevention and Control Directorate, Kembata Tembaro Zone Health Department, Durame, SNNPRS, Ethiopia; 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic); 4Public Health Emergency Management Directorate (PHEM), Kembata Tembaro Zone Health Department, Durame, SNNPRS, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Teshome Tesfaye Habebo Email teshometesfaye22@gmail.comIntroduction: Lifelong medical management is the main intervention to reduce diabetes-related morbidities and premature deaths; yet, social support can be a vital intervention to improve diabetics’ health. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the magnitude, types, and role of social support in diabetes management in southern Ethiopia.Methods: A multi-stage systematic sampling was applied to recruit 634 adult diabetics from the three-tiered healthcare system in the region. We proportionally distributed the sample size between randomly selected ten health-care facilities across the hierarchy. Pretested questionnaires and checklist; Epi-Info, and SPSS software used for data collection; entry, and analyses, respectively, and the statistical significance was determined at a P-value ≤ 0.05.Results: A total of 240 females and 356 males completed the study, and the overall magnitude of the social support was 50.20% [95% CI: 46.19%, 54.21%], and it was categorized into non-material and material with 44.13% [95% CI: 40.14%, 48.12%] and 34.23% [95% CI: 30.42%, 38.04%] magnitudes, respectively, and social support was left to the patients’ families and friends whereas formal institutions and the public sectors were rarely offering when the patients needed it. Though sex, educational level, and health-care hierarchy were not significantly associated with the social support, residence, some occupations, presence of diabetic family members, acute medical conditions, blood glucose level, compliance to medical follow-ups, treatment adherence, and taking anti-diabetic drugs a day before the current visit to health-care facility were all statistically significantly associated with social support.Conclusion: One of every two adult diabetic patients in southern Ethiopia was receiving any social support, and social support for diabetic people reduces medical follow-ups absenteeism, improves treatment adherence, glycemic level controlling, and helps lifestyle modifications. Therefore, to keep diabetic people healthy and achieve diabetes management goals, the Ethiopian healthcare system, institutions, and concerned stakeholders should strengthen the social support for diabetic patients.Keywords: diabetes mellitus, disease management, magnitude, social support, southern EthiopiaJaafaripooyan EHabebo TTMosadeghrad AMForoushani ARAnshebo DGDove Medical Pressarticlediabetes mellitusdisease managementmagnitudesocial supportsouthern ethiopiaSpecialties of internal medicineRC581-951ENDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, Vol Volume 14, Pp 4307-4319 (2021)
institution DOAJ
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language EN
topic diabetes mellitus
disease management
magnitude
social support
southern ethiopia
Specialties of internal medicine
RC581-951
spellingShingle diabetes mellitus
disease management
magnitude
social support
southern ethiopia
Specialties of internal medicine
RC581-951
Jaafaripooyan E
Habebo TT
Mosadeghrad AM
Foroushani AR
Anshebo DG
The Magnitude, Types, and Roles of Social Support in Diabetes Management among Diabetics’ in Southern Ethiopia: a Multilevel, Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
description Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan,1 Teshome Tesfaye Habebo,1,2 Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad,1 Abbas Rahimi Foroushani,3 Dawit G/Michael Anshebo4 1Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic); 2Disease Prevention and Control Directorate, Kembata Tembaro Zone Health Department, Durame, SNNPRS, Ethiopia; 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic); 4Public Health Emergency Management Directorate (PHEM), Kembata Tembaro Zone Health Department, Durame, SNNPRS, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Teshome Tesfaye Habebo Email teshometesfaye22@gmail.comIntroduction: Lifelong medical management is the main intervention to reduce diabetes-related morbidities and premature deaths; yet, social support can be a vital intervention to improve diabetics’ health. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the magnitude, types, and role of social support in diabetes management in southern Ethiopia.Methods: A multi-stage systematic sampling was applied to recruit 634 adult diabetics from the three-tiered healthcare system in the region. We proportionally distributed the sample size between randomly selected ten health-care facilities across the hierarchy. Pretested questionnaires and checklist; Epi-Info, and SPSS software used for data collection; entry, and analyses, respectively, and the statistical significance was determined at a P-value ≤ 0.05.Results: A total of 240 females and 356 males completed the study, and the overall magnitude of the social support was 50.20% [95% CI: 46.19%, 54.21%], and it was categorized into non-material and material with 44.13% [95% CI: 40.14%, 48.12%] and 34.23% [95% CI: 30.42%, 38.04%] magnitudes, respectively, and social support was left to the patients’ families and friends whereas formal institutions and the public sectors were rarely offering when the patients needed it. Though sex, educational level, and health-care hierarchy were not significantly associated with the social support, residence, some occupations, presence of diabetic family members, acute medical conditions, blood glucose level, compliance to medical follow-ups, treatment adherence, and taking anti-diabetic drugs a day before the current visit to health-care facility were all statistically significantly associated with social support.Conclusion: One of every two adult diabetic patients in southern Ethiopia was receiving any social support, and social support for diabetic people reduces medical follow-ups absenteeism, improves treatment adherence, glycemic level controlling, and helps lifestyle modifications. Therefore, to keep diabetic people healthy and achieve diabetes management goals, the Ethiopian healthcare system, institutions, and concerned stakeholders should strengthen the social support for diabetic patients.Keywords: diabetes mellitus, disease management, magnitude, social support, southern Ethiopia
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author Jaafaripooyan E
Habebo TT
Mosadeghrad AM
Foroushani AR
Anshebo DG
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Habebo TT
Mosadeghrad AM
Foroushani AR
Anshebo DG
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title The Magnitude, Types, and Roles of Social Support in Diabetes Management among Diabetics’ in Southern Ethiopia: a Multilevel, Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_short The Magnitude, Types, and Roles of Social Support in Diabetes Management among Diabetics’ in Southern Ethiopia: a Multilevel, Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_full The Magnitude, Types, and Roles of Social Support in Diabetes Management among Diabetics’ in Southern Ethiopia: a Multilevel, Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr The Magnitude, Types, and Roles of Social Support in Diabetes Management among Diabetics’ in Southern Ethiopia: a Multilevel, Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed The Magnitude, Types, and Roles of Social Support in Diabetes Management among Diabetics’ in Southern Ethiopia: a Multilevel, Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort magnitude, types, and roles of social support in diabetes management among diabetics’ in southern ethiopia: a multilevel, multicenter cross-sectional study
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