Care providers’ perceptions towards challenges and opportunities for service improvement at diabetes management clinics in public primary health care in Muscat, Oman: a qualitative study

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

Participants	Observed only			Interviewed only					Observed and then interviewed
Profession	P	N	D	P	N	D	HE	O	P	N	D	HE	O
Female	O	2	1	7	6	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	2
Male	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Age, years	30–45			30–45					30–45
Experience, years	5–20			5–20					5–20
Nationality	Egyptian, Indian, Omani			Omani, Sudanese					Omani
Language	English and Arabic			English and Arabic					English and Arabic
Patients
Sex
Female	13			–					–
Male	1			–					–
Age, years	30–80 years
Duration of type 2 diabetes, years	5–20 years
Nationality	Omani

P Physicians, N Nurses, D Dieticians, HE Health Educators, O Others (pharmacist, assistant pharmacist, psychologist and medical Orderly)

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