Patricia Pearl Ankrah

Predictors of Self-care Practices among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Ghana: The Role of Illness Perception and Diabetes Knowledge

Perpetua Kessie-Mensah, Etepe Kofi Dugah, Gloria Ohene Takyi, Yaw Manu Boateng, Mustapha Bin Usman, Paul Gyan, Martha Masata Adeyiga, Wollie Kwadwo Abraham, Isaac Asamoah Abekah, Eunice Ansaa Anafi, Patricia Pearl Ankrah & Yaa Gyaa Fynn · Asian Journal of Research and Reports in Endocrinology · 2026

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus requires continuous self-care across diet, physical activity, blood-glucose monitoring, foot care and medication use. Evidence from Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa shows persistent gaps in diabetes self-management, partly because biomedical advic...