Why rural diabetic patients do not attend for scheduled appointments: Results of a qualitative study

The main themes of this research were extracted including five main personal, economic, social, environmental, organizational causes and the causes related to service providers. It seems that knowledge and awareness can be promoted by educating patients and their families, service provider personnel; also cost and time taken for the patients can be decreased and index of blood sugar control percentage can be increased by providing special facilities near the patient's location, setting up electronic referral system and sending feedback and cross-sector collaborations.