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Table 5 Factors affecting good practice towards DM complications 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

Practice level

COR(95%CI)

AOR(95%CI)

Good practice

Poor practice

  

Age

N

   

 18–30

81

53

1

1

 31–45

53

65

0.53 (0.32,0.88)*

0.69 (0.35, 1.40)

 

> = 45

62

88

0.46 (0.29,0.74)*

0.59 (0.30, 1.15)

Level of education

    

 Can’t write and read

33

77

1

1

 Informal school and can Read and write

67

57

2.74 (1.60, 4.70)**

1.96 (1.06, 3.61) *

 Primary school and can read and write

38

39

2.27 (1.24, 4.16)*

1.53 (0.78, 3.01)

 Secondary school and above

58

33

4.10 (2.27, 7.40)**

2.57 (1.32, 5.02)**

Marital status

    

 Married

94

108

1

 

 Divorced

18

19

1.09 (0.54, 2.20)

1.13 (0.51, 2.52)

 Widowed

16

33

0.56 (0.29, 1.08)

0.99 (0.46, 2.12)

 Single

68

46

1.70 (1.07, 2.71)

1.11 (0.58, 2.13)

Occupation

    

 Farmer

38

47

1

 

 Government employee

12

34

0.44 (0.20,.96)

0.39 (0.17,1.90)

 Merchant

59

45

1.62 (0.91,2.89)

1.49 (0.79, 2.82)

 House wife

37

40

1.14 (0.62,2.12)

1.33 (0.68, 2.59)

 NGO worker

50

40

1.55 (0.85,2.81)

1.41 (0.73, 2.72)

Resident

    

 Rural

63

96

1

 

 Urban

133

110

1.84 (1.23,2.77)*

1.49 (0.94, 2.37)

Duration of DM

    

 ≤5

147

123

1

 

 6–10

36

57

0.53 (0.33,0.86)*

0.65 (0.38, 1.13)

 ≥10

13

26

0.42 (0.21,0.85)*

0.57 (0.26, 1.27)

Level of income

    

 < 500

80

75

1

 

 500–1500

28

40

0.67 (0.37, 1.18)

1.07 (0.55, 2.08)

 1501–2500

33

53

0.59 (0.35, 1.01)

0.82 (0.43, 1.55)

 > 2500

55

37

1.41 (0.84, 2.38)

1.71 (0.89, 3.25)

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