Self-care practice and its associated factors among diabetic patients attending public hospitals in Gurage zone southwest, Ethiopia

Mamo Solomon Emire; Bitew Tefera Zewudie; Tadesse Tsehay Tarekegn; Fisha Alebel GebreEyesus; Baye Tsegaye Amlak; Shegaw Tesfa Mengist; Tamene Fetene Terefe; Agerie Aynalem Mewahegn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0271680

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Self-care practice and its associated factors among diabetic patients attending public hospitals in Gurage zone southwest, Ethiopia

Mamo Solomon Emire ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: mamosol69@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Wolkite University College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-0040

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Bitew Tefera Zewudie,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Wolkite University College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite, Ethiopia
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Tadesse Tsehay Tarekegn,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Wolkite University College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite, Ethiopia
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Fisha Alebel GebreEyesus,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Wolkite University College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite, Ethiopia
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Baye Tsegaye Amlak,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Wolkite University College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite, Ethiopia
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Shegaw Tesfa Mengist,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Wolkite University College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite, Ethiopia
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Tamene Fetene Terefe,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Wolkite University College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite, Ethiopia
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Agerie Aynalem Mewahegn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Wolkite University College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite, Ethiopia
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Self-care practice and its associated factors among diabetic patients attending public hospitals in Gurage zone southwest, Ethiopia

Mamo Solomon Emire,
Bitew Tefera Zewudie,
Tadesse Tsehay Tarekegn,
Fisha Alebel GebreEyesus,
Baye Tsegaye Amlak,
Shegaw Tesfa Mengist,
Tamene Fetene Terefe,
Agerie Aynalem Mewahegn

Published: September 26, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271680

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