Treatment-seeking behavior and obstacles to treatment compliance in diabetic patients in Mangaluru, India.

Aim: To evaluate the local treatment-seeking behaviors of diabetics with a focus on the root causes of culture-specific barriers to treatment compliance and define targets for intervention.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered in the local language to 204 diabetic adults in rural and urban clinical settings. Fasting blood glucose level was measured in all participants prior to the survey.