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

Table 4 Response distribution of practice on DM complications related questions among Type 2 adult DM patients at Addis Zemen District Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia, April, 2019

Variables	Frequencies	%
Forget to take medicine/ insulin
Yes	122	30.3
No	280	69.7
Careless at times about taking medicine
Yes	114	28.4
No	288	71.6
Stop taking medicine when feel better
Yes	109	27.1
No	293	72.9
Stop taking medicine when feel worse
Yes	179	44.5
No	223	55.5
Physical work or exercise in the last week
Never	186	46.3
Once a week	43	10.7
2–3 times per week	99	24.6
Almost daily	53	13.2
Daily	21	5.2
Duration of physical work or exercise
< 10 Minutes/day	57	14.2
10-20 Minutes/day	74	18.4
20-30 Minutes/day	36	9.0
> 30 Minutes/day	49	12.2
Diet modification according to the recommendations of physician
Yes	348	86.6
No	54	13.4
Monitoring blood glucose
Self- monitoring	68	16.9
Local pharmacy	12	3.0
Hospital	322	80.1
Barriers for self-blood glucose monitoring
Too expensive	128	31.8
Too painful	6	1.5
Don’t know how to test	77	19.2
Other*	123	30.6
Frequency of blood glucose monitoring
Monthly	151	37.6
Every 2 month	165	41.0
Every 3 month	86	21.4
checking feet
Never	41	10.2
Daily	239	59.5
Once a week	6	1.5
Rarely	116	28.9
Drinking alcohol
Never	188	46.8
Weekly	34	8.5
2–3 times weekly	50	12.4
Nearly every day	29	7.2
Rarely	101	25.1
Cigarette smoking
Yes	13	3.2
No	389	96.8
Wearing footwear during exercise as recommended by health professionals
Yes	196	48.8
No	206	51.2
Type of water used to wash feet
Cold water	354	88.1
Warm water but not hot	48	11.9
care during cutting toe nails
Yes	183	45.5
No	219	54.5
Periodic kidney examination
Yes	120	29.9
No	282	70.1
Regular checkup of eye by eye specialist
Yes	31	7.7
No	371	92.3
Practice level
Good practice	196	48.8
Poor practice	206	51.2

Abbreviations: DM = Diabetic mellitus *Incontinence, lack of motivation, frustration

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