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Table 3 Shows the association between age groups, gender, marital status, socioeconomic income, duration of T2D, individual area of residency and degree of understanding of diabetic complication

From: Knowledge of complications of diabetes mellitus among patients visiting the diabetes clinic at Sampa Government Hospital, Ghana: a descriptive study

Variables

 

Level of understanding for diabetic complications

 
 

Total

Adequate (n = 82)

Inadequate (n = 170)

Don’t Know(n = 378)

P-value (X2, df)

Age group (years)

 <19

5

5 (100.0 %)

0.8198 (3.597, 8)

 20–39

92

14(15.8 %)

34 (36.8 %)

44(47.4 %)

 

 40–59

295

39(13.1 %)

68(22.9 %)

188(63.9 %)

 

 60–79

194

19(10.0 %)

58(30.0 %)

116(60.0 %)

 

 80–99

44

10(22.2 %)

10(22.2 %)

24(55.6 %)

 

Gender

 Male

243

44(18.0 %)

92(38.0 %)

107(44.0 %)

0.0131(8.675, 2)

 Female

387

39(10.0 %)

77(20.0 %)

271(70.0 %)

 

Marital status

 Single

54

10(18.2 %)

29(54.5 %)

15(27.3 %)

0.2125 (5.826, 4)

 Married

465

58(12.5 %)

112(24.0 %)

295(63.5 %)

 

 Widowed

111

14(13.0 %)

29(26.1 %)

63(56.5 %)

 

Socioeconomic income

 None

615

68(11.0 %)

169(27.6 %)

378(61.4 %)

0.0023 (20.41, 6)

 <500 (low)

5

5(100.0 %)

   

 500–1000 (medium)

5

5(100.0 %)

   

 >1000 (high)

5

5(100.0 %)

   

Highest level of education

 None

495

33(6.6 %)

114(23.1 %)

348(70.3 %)

<0.0001 (34.80, 8)

 Basic

43

9(22.2 %)

14(33.3 %)

19(44.4)

 

 JHS

58

19(33.3 %)

24(41.7 %)

15(25.0 %)

 

 SHS

24

10(40.0 %)

14(60.0 %)

  

 Tertiary

10

10(100.0 %)

   

Duration of T2D (years)

 <5

450

38 (8.6 %)

97(21.5 %)

315(69.9 %)

0.0076 (17.51, 6)

 5–10

126

24(19.2 %)

39(30.8 %)

63(50.0 %)

 

 10–15

39

15(37.5 %)

15(37.5 %)

9(12.5 %)

 

 16–20

15

10(66.7 %)

5(33.3 %)

  

Area of residence

 Rural

344

29(8.4 %)

92(26.8 %)

223(64.8 %)

0.206 (3.160, 2)

 Urban

286

53(18.6 %)

78(27.1 %)

155(54.2 %)

 
  1. Values are presented as N (%) frequency (percentage), (X2, df) Chi-square, degree of freedom