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 | Â | 535 | 100.0 |