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Table 3 Factors affecting good attitude towards DM complication among Type 2 adult DM patients at Addis Zemen District Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia, April 2019

From: Attitude, practice and its associated factors towards Diabetes complications among type 2 diabetic patients at Addis Zemen District hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Attitude status

COR(95%CI)

AOR(95%CI)

Good attitude

Poor attitude

Level of Education

 Can’t read and write

49

61

1

 

 Informal school and Can read and write

88

36

3.04(1.77,5.22)**

2.32(1.26, 4.27)**

 Primary school and can read and write

60

17

4.39 (2.28,8.47)**

4.31 (2.06, 9.02)**

 Secondary school and above

65

26

3.11 (1.73,5.62)**

2.79 (1.41, 5.50)**

Marital status

 Married

144

58

1

1

 Divorced

25

12

0.84 (0.40,1.78)

0.96 (0.41, 2.22)

 Widowed

22

27

0.33 (0.17,0.62)*

0.51 (0.24, 1.08)

 Single

71

43

0.67 (0.41,1.08)

0.41 (0.22, 1.72)

Occupation

 Farmer

48

36

1

1

 Government employee

29

17

1.25 (0.60, 2.62)

1.33 (0.58, 3.04)

 Merchant

72

32

1.65 (0.91, 3.01)

1.56 (0.79, 3.06)

 House wife

56

21

1.96 (1.01,3.79)*

2.18 (0.95, 4.49)

 NGO worker

56

34

1.21 (0.66, 2.22)

1.12 (0.57, 2.19)

Residence

 Rural

87

72

1

 

 Urban

175

68

  

Duration of DM (in years)

  

2.13 (1.40, 3.24)**

1.80 (1.12,2.91)**

 1–5

186

84

1

 

 6–10

56

37

0.68 (0.41, 1.11)

0.79 (0.46, 1.38)

 >=10

20

19

0.47 (0.24, 0.93)*

0.55 (0.25,1.25)

Income (ETB)

 <500

110

46

1

1

 500–1500

36

32

0.47 (0.26,0.85)*

0.55 (0.28, 1.08)

 1501–2500

50

36

0.58 (0.34, 1.01)*

0.52 (0.27, 1.99)

 >2500

66

26

1.06 (0.60, 1.88)

0.69 (0.35,1.37)

  1. *significant at p-value ≤ 0.05, ** significant at p-value ≤ 0.01
  2. Abbreviations:ETB = Ethiopian Birr, DM = Diabetes mellitus, NGO = Non-governmental organizations, COR = Crude Odds Ratio, AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio