Table 4 Barriers for interventions in prediabetes patients
From: Survey of knowledge for diagnosing and managing prediabetes in Latin-America: cross-sectional study
| N (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|
| Barriers to lifestyle modification (strongly agree and agree) | ||
| Patient’s lack of motivation | 290 (88.4) | 0.488 |
| Patient’s physical limitation in doing activity | 200 (61.7) | 0.040 |
| Lack of weight loss resources for patient | 148 (45.3) | 0.003 |
| Lack nutrition resources for patient | 176 (53.7) | 0.006 |
| Patients do not think it is important to make these changes | 235 (72.5) | 0.404 |
| Financial limitations | 161 (49.2) | 0.346 |
| Barriers to metformin use (strongly agree and agree) | ||
| Patients dislike taking medications | 228 (70.8) | 0.001 |
| Medication cost to patient | 108 (33.4) | 0.188 |
| Poor patient adherence | 246 (76.2) | 0.232 |
| Potential side effects | 188 (58.6) | 0.001 |
| Providers’ lack of awareness of clinical guidelines for metformin use | 197 (61.4) | 0.270 |
| Lack of FDA approval for metformin use in prediabetes | 97 (30.8) | 0.878 |
| Interventions to improve management of prediabetes (strongly agree and agree) | ||
| More time for doctors to counsel patients | 275 (83.8) | 0.768 |
| More educational resources for patients | 291 (88.7) | 0.816 |
| Improved access to diabetes preventive programs | 302 (92.4) | 0.199 |
| Improved nutrition resources for patients | 278 (84.8) | 0.006 |
| Improved access to weight loss programs | 282 (86.5) | 0.229 |
| Improved access to bariatric surgery | 103 (31.6) | 0.613 |