TY - JOUR AU - Kassahun, Tefera AU - Gesesew, Hailay AU - Mwanri, Lillian AU - Eshetie, Tesfahun PY - 2016 DA - 2016/05/31 TI - Diabetes related knowledge, self-care behaviours and adherence to medications among diabetic patients in Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey JO - BMC Endocrine Disorders SP - 28 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - The provision of health education involving self-care and good adherence to medications has been acknowledged to be a cost effective strategy for improving quality of life of diabetes patients. We assessed levels of knowledge about type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), self-care behaviours and adherence to medication among DM patients. SN - 1472-6823 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-016-0114-x DO - 10.1186/s12902-016-0114-x ID - Kassahun2016 ER -