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Meta-Analysis
. 2020 Mar 12;20(1):309.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8425-2.

Level of self-care practice among diabetic patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Daniel Bekele Ketema  1 , Cheru Tesema Leshargie  2 , Getiye Dejenu Kibret  2 , Moges Agazhe Assemie  2 , Alehegn Aderaw Alamneh  3 , Getachew Mullu Kassa  2 , Animut Alebel  4
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Meta-Analysis

Level of self-care practice among diabetic patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Daniel Bekele Ketema et al. BMC Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is increasingly become a serious global public health concern in developed and developing countries including Ethiopia. It imposes significant burden of care on the individual, health care professionals and health system. As the result, immense need of self-care behaviors in multiple domains like food choices, physical activity, foot care, and blood glucose monitoring is required. However, there is no national study on diabetic self-care practices in Ethiopia. This meta-analysis, therefore, aims to estimate the pooled level of self-care practice among individuals living with diabetes mellitus in Ethiopia.

Methods: The systematic review was reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guideline. We systematically searched the databases: PubMed /MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and Science Direct for studies conducted in Ethiopia about self-care practice of diabetes patients. We have included all cross-sectional studies, which were published until August 20th,2019. Data were analyzed using STATA™ version 14.1 software, and the pooled prevalence with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were presented using tables and forest plots. The presence of statistical heterogeneity within the included studies was evaluated using I-squared statistic. We used Higgins and Egger's test to identify evidence of publication bias. The random-effects meta-analysis model was employed to estimate the pooled proportion of good diabetic self-care practices.

Results: We included 35 studies (with 11,103 participants) in this meta-analysis. The overall pooled prevalence of good diabetes self-care behavior among diabetic patients was 49% (95% CI:43, 56%). When categorized by the major domains of diabetes self-care, the pooled estimate of dietary practice was 50% (95% CI:42, 58%), for self- monitoring of blood glucose was 28% (95% CI:19, 37%), for recommended physical activity was 49% (95% CI:38, 59%), and for diabetic foot-care was 58% (95% CI: 41, 74%).

Conclusion: More than half of diabetic patients in Ethiopia had poor diabetes self-care practice. High percentage of diabetic patients also had poor dietary practice, self- monitoring of blood glucose, physical activity, and diabetic foot care. Therefore, intervention programs should focus on improving the knowledge level of diabetic patients to improve the self-care practice of diabetic patients.

Keywords: Blood glucose monitoring; Diabetes; Meta-analysis; Self-care; Systematic review.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Figures

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Fig. 1
PRISMA flow diagram which shows the studies selection of the meta-analysis on levels of diabetes self-care practice in Ethiopia
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Fig. 2
Meta-analysis (forest plot) of the proportion of overall good self-care practice among diabetic patients in Ethiopia
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Fig. 3
Meta-analysis (forest plot) of the proportion of good dietary self-care practice among diabetic patients in Ethiopia
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Fig. 4
Meta-analysis (forest plot) of the proportion of good practice of self-monitoring of blood glucose among diabetic patients in Ethiopia.
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Fig. 5
Forest plot of pooled proportion of adequate physical activity among diabetic patients in Ethiopia
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Fig. 6
Forest plot of the pooled proportion of good foot-care practice among diabetic patients in Ethiopia
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