Table 2.

Prominent problems of diabetes education

Main categories	Sub category
Inadequate infrastructure for diabetes education	Insufficient physician’s participation in diabetes education
	Heavy workload, limited time for education and specialized workforce shortages
	Updated knowledge deficits in diabetes educator’s
Insufficient defined and de facto position for the role of DNE	Unfamiliarity with the role of DNE for patient, family, and society
	Lack of DNE program in health system
	Loss of patient’s trust in nurse education
Failure in patient-oriented team approach in diabetes education	Limited team performance and interprofession collaboration
	Inadequate leadership in teamwork management

DNE=Diabetes nurse educator