Factors affecting the motivation of healthcare professionals providing care to Emiratis with type 2 diabetes.
Author(s)
Alhyas, Layla
Nielsen, Jessica D Jones
Dawoud, Dalia
Majeed, Azeem
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to identify facilitators of and barriers to healthcare professionals' motivation in a diabetes centre in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). DESIGN: A qualitative research approach was employed using semistructured interviews to assess perception of and attitudes regarding healthcare professionals' motivation in providing good quality diabetes care. SETTING: A diabetes centre located in Abu-Dhabi, UAE. PARTICIPANTS: Healthcare professionals including specialist physicians, dieticians, podiatrists, health educators and nurses were recruited through purposive sampling. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: After data collection, the audiotaped interviews were transcribed verbatim and subjected to content analysis. RESULTS: Nine semistructured interviews were conducted with healthcare professionals of various professional backgrounds. Important facilitators and barriers related to patient, professional, organization and cultural factors were identified. Barriers that related to heavy workload, disjointed care, lack of patient compliance and awareness, and cultural beliefs and attitudes about diabetes were common. Key facilitators included the patient's role in achieving therapeutic outcomes as well as compliance, cooperation and communication. CONCLUSION: This qualitative study provides some unique insights about factors affecting healthcare professionals' motivation in providing good quality care. To improve the motivation of healthcare professionals in the management of diabetes and therefore the quality of diabetes care, several steps are needed. Importantly, the role of primary care should be reinforced and strengthened regarding the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, privacy of the consultation time should be highly protected and regulated, and awareness of the Emirate culture and its impact on health should be disseminated to the healthcare professionals providing care to Emirates with diabetes. Also, greater emphasis should be placed on educating Emiratis with diabetes on, and involving them in, the management of their condition.
Date Issued
2013-02
Date Acceptance
2013-02-01
Citation
JRSM Short Reports, 2013, 4 (2), pp.1-13
ISSN
2042-5333
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Start Page
1
End Page
13
Journal / Book Title
JRSM Short Reports
Volume
4
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2013 Author(s)
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476735
PII: SHR476419
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2013-02-01