Additional file 1: of Use of medical services and medicines attributable to type 2 diabetes care in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

African DM Study impact questionnaire18. Illness Impact interview. This study compared people with and without type 2 diabetes from the same neighbourhoods matched by age and sex. Data was obtained by personal interviews using the Diabetes Impact questionnaire developed by the International Diabetes Federation for Africa. Except for a limited number of questions about diabetes treatment applicable only to the group of patients with diabetes, both groups responded to identical questions. These were divided into 4 categories as follows: Health Utility Index 3, Use of medical services, Impact of health problems and Medications. This study focuses only on the component related to the use of medical services. Most of the questions elicited information on respondents’ use of health services (outpatient visits and hospitalizations) during the period of 3 months leading up to the study as well as any medicines they were taking at the time of the interview. We also asked questions about any prevailing health conditions. (PDF 110 kb