| DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for Social Sciences |
| OPD | Outpatient Department |
| NCD | Non-Communicable Diseases |
| MAH | Maluti Adventist Hospital |
| DHIS | District Information health system |
| IDF | International diabetes federation |
| T1DM | Type one diabetes mellitus |
| T2DM | Type two diabetes mellitus |
| WHO | World health organization |