Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 220 diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Najran area. Data on medical care and patient characteristics were collected.

Results: The majority of the studied population were Saudian (83.6%). More than 70% of patients were older than 50 years old with a mean age of 58.45 ± 14.15 years. A total of 78.3% of patients were none controlled regarding their diabetes. In the multivariate logistic regression model, only saudian nationality and non-oral diabetes treatment were statistically associated with non-Glycemic control.

Conclusions: Although the primary health care centers offer a high standard of medical care, the findings of the present study showed that diabetic control is suboptimal.