Lifestyle modification is an important component of long-term management of patients with diabetes mellitus. The objectives of the cross-sectional study were to measure the level of adherence to lifestyle modification, to identify the factors influencing adherence to lifestyle modification, to measure the prevalence of diabetes complications among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The sample comprised 119 participants who were diabetes mellitus type 2 patients registered at the study site, aged 18 years and above , could converse in English or Shona, and had been diagnosed within a period of 2 years. They were selected using simple random sampling with replacement. Data was collected through an interviewer administered questionnaire.. Adherence to lifestyle modification was low (7.56%). Factors influencing adherence to lifestyle modification; for diet they include, lack of money (21.01%), attending functions (15.13%), lack of satiety (12.61%), tempting foods (12.61%); for exercises they include, illness (26.89%), lack of time (18.49%), fatigue (15.13%) and no education (10.92%). The most common complications were retinopathy (79.83%), peripheral neuropathy (78.99%) and sexual dysfunction (44.54%). A weak negative linear relationship was shown between adherence to lifestyle modification and the total number of diabetes complications (r=-0.1398, p = 0.1295) but was not significant thus linear regression was not done.
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between HIV status disclosure and social support among people living with HIV and AIDS aged 18 to 64 years at Bindura Provincial Hospital OI/ART clinic. Descriptive Correlational design was used. A sample size of 236 respondents were chosen into the study using the simple random sampling technique with a rotary method. Data were collected using interviewer-administered questionnaire for a period of four weeks. Statistical software Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse data. Results revealed that 138 (58, 5%) respondents disclosed their HIV sero positive status and hundred nigh teen (86%) respondents received social support. Pearson correlation coefficient (r=.815;p<.01) showed a statistically significant strong positive relationship. Social support had an impact of 66, 4% on HIV status disclosure (R 2. 664) . . HIV disclosure services should be strengthened in order to promote disclosure among people living with HIV and AIDS.
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