Table 3.
Barriers | Total | Diabetes specialists |
Podiatrist | Dieticians | Educators | Nurses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients related | ||||||
Non-compliance with treatment plan | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Lack of awareness of diabetes andits complications | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Misunderstanding the role of diabetes educators | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Patients' preference to receive the entire management of their disorder from the diabetes specialists | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Patients’ willingness to spend time with healthcare professionals | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Fear of attending appointments with a podiatrist | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Healthcare professionals related | ||||||
Attitudes and beliefs about type 2 diabetes mellitus | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Organization related | ||||||
Heavy workload | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Interruptions | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Country specific | ||||||
Impact of Emirate culture on health behaviours and beliefs | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Language differences between healthcare professionals and patients | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |