Barriers and facilitators of complications risk perception among rural patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a qualitative content analysis

Table 4 Themes and Subthemes

Themes	Sub-themes
Facilitators of complications risk perception	Increased disease knowledge
	Low sense of disease control
	Risk experiences
	Negative mindset
Barriers to complications risk perception	Lack of awareness of diabetes or its complications
	Information barriers
	Optimistic bias
	Overconfidence
	Disease generalization

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