A qualitative study on diabetic and hypertensive patients in Cape Town, South Africa: their experiences of primary health care and their struggles with self-management
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The overall aim of this study was to understand how diabetic and hypertensive patients experience PHC in Cape Town, as well as their capacity for self- management of their condition. The specific objectives were: to explore how patients react to existing health care materials/interventions at the health care facility; to identify the needs these patients have for information and behavioural change counselling; to investigate the perceived barriers to lifestyle modification in relation to the patients and to the broader social and economic environment and to investigate the sources of personal motivation to control their illness through lifestyle modification.
Author: Thandi Chuma
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2193269260