Discussion
he main goal of diabetes management is to ensure opti-
mal glycemic control. We have assessed the magnitude
of poor glycemic control and associated factors among
T2DM patients. Results of this study showed that nearly
three fourth of patients with T2DM had poor glycemic
control. his result was comparable to those obtained in
an earlier study that reported 65 % [23] and 81.9 % [24]
of respondents had poor glycemic control. his signiicant
proportion of poor glycemic control in the country under-
pins the need to work more on self-management strate-
gies of DM patients. he current inding is far higher than
from developed countries such as 12.9 % in United States
[7]. his variation could be due to knowledge diference
of respondents between developing and developed coun-
tries, absence of uniform guidelines in assessing glycemic
control for physicians to set the score cutof, and the pres-
ence health insurance and the diference in health insur-
ance coverage and access to primary care [7, 25, 26].