Variables | Level of understanding for diabetic complications | ||||
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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 %) |