Zoel A Quiñónez, Angel Benitez-Melo, Laura M Diaz, Michael Lennig, Danton Char, Charlotte Smith
Geospatial Analysis of the Proportion of Persons Defined as Underrepresented in Medicine for Each Medical School and Their Surrounding Core-Based Statistical Area
Health equity
diet adherence may cause diabetes complications diminished study aimed identifying determinants diet adherence among patients type 2 diabetes based health action process approach hapa crosssectional study 734 patients type 2 diabetes attending south tehran health centers recruited junedecember 2018 dietary regimen scale nine items researcherdesigned questionnaire consisting hapa constructs used gather data data analyzed using mannwhitney test pearson chisquared test fishers exact test linear regression test statistical tests assessed using spss ibm corp released 2017 ibm spss statistics windows version 250 armonk ny usa ibm corp level nonadherence diet 911 diet adherence significantly associated family income p 0005 level education p 0001 age p 0009 linear regression showed 55 variance diet adherence determined hapa variables diet adherence associated intention p 0001 action planning p 0005 barriers p 0003 patients adhere diet appropriate programs designed promote diet adherence among patients especially low literacy patients living poor communities