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Table 6 The most common reasons to forgone care

From: Forgone care in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Number

Causes

Frequency

Percent

1

The financial burden due to the cost of treatment

222

41.5

2

Despair and dissatisfaction with the outcome of treatment

50

9.3

3

Lack of feeling the urge to medication and prescribed treatment

45

8.4

4

Long distances from the health care centers

43

8.0

5

Long waiting time and a long process of treatment

34

6.4

6

Dissatisfaction with the quality of provided care

25

4.7

7

Unwillingness to take medication

25

4.7

8

A lot of family and working activities

22

4.1

9

Use of alternative therapies such as herbal medicines and traditional therapists

16

3.0

10

Inadequate awareness and knowledge of the consequences of forgone treatment

16

3.0

11

The lack of family support for following the treatment process

14

2.6

12

Lack of trust in skills and scientific competence of the medical practitioner or the provider of the service

12

2.2

13

poor physician-patient relationship

7

1.3

14

Inappropriate behavior of health care providers (discriminatory behavior, violence and disrespectful behaviour)

4

.7

Total

 

535

100.0