Table 3.
Frequency of factors listed as barriers to the healthcare professionals' motivation
| 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 |