Abstract
Health-care seeking behavior among type-2 diabetic patients is important since it determines acceptance of health care and outcomes of the disease because positive health-seeking behavior contribute in the reduction of its associated complications. The main aim of the study was to explore the status of health care seeking behaviors among clients with type-2 DM in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study adopted a cross-sectional-comparative design on a convenience sample of 160 patients with type-2 DM at Aseer region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The researcher used an interview questionnaire as a tool for data collection that was adopted from Espinosa & Espinosa (2016).The study results revealed that the total mean of healthcare seeking behavior among diabetic patients is 76.05%, which is considered good. The highest domain in health seeking behavior is the "curative aspect", while the lowest one is "rehabilitative aspect". There was a good level of healthcare seeking behavior among type 2 diabetic patients. This study has benefits for those working to improve barriers to healthcare seeking behavior and access by identifying those more likely to engage in health care-seeking behaviors especially type-2 DM.