From: Experiences of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
Authors (Year) | Country | Participants | Methods | Themes Covered in the Study | ||||
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Identifying type 2 diabetes | Hybridity of diabetes care | Impediments, improvisation and diabetes management | Sources of Support | Diabetes and HIV/AIDS | ||||
Adeniyi et al. (2015) [18] | South Africa | 17 people with diabetes with HBA1c ≥ 9% registered in a single clinic | Interviews | x | x | x | ||
Aikins (2003) [19] | Ghana | 28 people with diabetes recruited using snowballing and opportunistic methods | Interviews | x | x | x | x | x |
Aikins (2005) [20] | Ghana | 26 urban people and 41 rural people with diabetes recruited through 2 clinics, 1 self-help group and snowball sampling | Interviews, Focus group discussion, Ethnography | x | x | x | x | |
Awah and Philimore (2008) [21] | Cameroon | 82 people with diabetes registered at 1 of 4 clinics included in the study | Interview, Ethnography | x | x | x | x | |
Awah, Unwin and Phillimore (2008) [10] | Cameroon | 20 people with diabetes and their families registered at 1 of 4 clinics | Participant Observation, Fieldwork, interviews, Focus group discussion | x | x | x | x | |
BeLue et al. (2012) [22] | Senegal | 54 people with diabetes registered at a single clinic | Interviews | x | x | x | x | x |
Booysen and Schlemmer (2015) [23] | South Africa | 29 people with diabetes patients with Hgt > 12 mmol/l Recruited through a single community health centre | Interviews, Focus group discussion | x | x | x | ||
Broder et al. (2014) [24] | Ghana | 59 people with diabetes recruited from Ghana’s National Diabetes Research and Management Centre | Focus group discussion | x | x | x | ||
Doherty et al. (2014) [25] | Ghana | 40 people with diabetes registered at a single clinic | Focus groups, semi-structured interviews | x | x | |||
Habte et al. (2016) [26] | Ethiopia | 39 people with diabetes registered at 1 of 3 clinics | Semi-structured interviews | x | x | x | x | |
Hjelm and Nambozi (2008) [27] | Uganda | 25 people with diabetes registered at a single clinic | Semi-structured interviews | x | x | x | ||
Hjelm and Mufunda (2010) [8] | Zimbabwe | 21 people with diabetes registered at a single clinic | Semi-structured interviews | x | x | x | x | |
Kagee, Le Roux and Dick, (2007) [28] | South Africa | 9 people with diabetes registered at 1 of 4 clinics | Semi-structured interviews | x | x | x | ||
Mendenhall and Norris (2015) [29] | South Africa | 27 people with diabetes recruited from an existing cohort study | Semi-structured interviews | x | x | x | x | |
Metta et al. (2015a) [30] | Tanzania | 35 people with diabetes recruited from a single clinic | Focus groups, semi-structured interviews | x | x | x | x | |
Metta et al. (2015b) [31] | Tanzania | 19 people with diabetes recruited from the community and the local diabetes clinic | Semi-structured interviews | x | x | x | ||
Murphy et al. (2010) [9] | South Africa | 13 people with diabetes recruited from 1 of 3 community health centres | Semi-structured interviews | x | x | x | x | |
Mwangome et al. (2016) [32] | Tanzania | 9 people with diabetes recruited from 1 faith-based organisation facility | Semi-structured interviews | x | x | x | x | |
Nielsen et al. (2016) [33] | Uganda | 10 people with diabetes identified through a household survey | Survey, Interviews, Observation | x | x | x | ||
O’Brien et al. (2015) [35] | South Africa | 19 people with diabetes recruited from private and public healthcare providers | Interviews | x | x | x | ||
Tewahido and Berhane (2017) [34] | Ethiopia | 13 people with diabetes recruited from 1 of 2 clinics | Interviews | x | x | x |