Illness experiences of diabetes in the context of malaria in settings experiencing double burden of disease in southeastern Tanzania

摘要

BackgroundTanzania is doubly burdened with both non-communicable and infectious diseases, but information on how Tanzanians experience the co-existence of these conditions is limited. Using Kleinman’s eight prompting questions the study synthesizes explanatory models from patients to describe common illness experiences of diabetes in a rural setting where malaria is the predominant health threat.