Table 3 Care-seeking, medication and diabetic-related complications among known people with a prior diagnosis of diabetes according to gender and wealtha
From: Care-seeking and managing diabetes in rural Bangladesh: a mixed methods study
Receives medical advice and/or medication | Takes oral medication for diabetes | Takes Insulin for diabetes | Blood sugar tested (in the last month) | Ever used non-allopathic treatment | Experiences complications | ||||||||||||||
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N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORb (95% CI) | N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORb (95% CI) | N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORb (95% CI) | N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORb (95% CI) | N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORb (95% CI) | N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted ORb (95% CI) | ||
Sex | Men [n = 146] | 128 (87.7%) | Ref | Ref | 119 (81.5%) | Ref | Ref | 78 (53.4%) | Ref | Ref | 38 (26.0%) | Ref | Ref | 17 (11.6%) | Ref | Ref | 107 (73.3%) | Ref | Ref |
Women [n = 146] | 124 (84.9%) | 0.79 (0.41–1.55) | 0.87 (0.26–2.88) | 116 (79.5%) | 0.88 (0.49–1.57) | 1.03 (0.38–2.79) | 72 (49.3%) | 0.85 (0.54–1.34) | 0.53 (0.23–1.22) | 26 (17.1%) | 0.62 (0.35–1.08) | 0.95 (0.36–2.50) | 10 (6.8%) | 0.56 (0.25–1.30) | 0.80 (0.17–3.76) | 108 (74.0%) | 1.04 (0.62–1.74) | 1.10 (0.45–2.71) | |
Wealth | Most poor [n = 52] | 43 (82.7%) | Ref | Ref | 43 (82.7%) | Ref | Ref | 22 (51.2%) | Ref | Ref | 9 (17.3%) | Ref | Ref | 5 (11.6%) | Ref | Ref | 40 (76.9%) | Ref | Ref |
Very poor [n = 37] | 30 (81.1%) | 0.90 (0.30–2.67) | 0.95 (0.31–2.94) | 27 (73.0%) | 0.57 (0.20–1.57) | 0.58 (0.20–1.68) | 17 (46.0%) | 1.15 (0.50–2.71) | 1.42 (0.58–3.44) | 4 (10.8%) | 0.58 (0.16–2.05) | 0.54 (0.15–2.00) | 4 (13.3%) | 1.14 (0.28–4.57) | 0.94 (0.22–4.03) | 30 (81.1%) | 1.29 (0.45–3.66) | 1.41 (0.48–4.15) | |
Poor [n = 42] | 34 (81.0%) | 0.89 (0.31–2.55) | 0.99 (0.32–3.06) | 31 (73.8%) | 0.59 (0.22–1.59) | 0.64 (0.22–1.90) | 18 (42.9%) | 1.02 (0.45–2.32) | 1.38 (0.57–3.33) | 5 (11.9%) | 0.65 (0.20–2.10) | 0.56 (0.16–1.93) | 5 (14.7%) | 1.27 (0.34–4.72) | 0.81 (0.20–3.31) | 27 (64.3%) | 0.54 (0.22–1.33) | 0.68 (0.26–1.78) | |
Less poor [n = 66] | 59 (89.4%) | 1.76 (0.61–5.11) | 1.77 (0.55–5.67) | 54 (81.8%) | 0.94 (0.36–2.44) | 0.94 (0.33–2.66) | 37 (56.1%) | 1.73 (0.83–3.63) | 2.68 (1.17–6.15) | 16 (24.2%) | 1.53 (0.61–3.81) | 1.30 (0.47–3.50) | 7 (11.9%) | 1.12 (0.33–3.74) | 0.81 (0.21–3.13) | 46 (69.7%) | 0.69 (0.30–1.59) | 0.75 (0.30–1.87) | |
Least poor [n = 95] | 86 (90.5%) | 2.00 (0.74–5.40) | 1.72 (0.55–5.39) | 80 (84.2%) | 1.11 (0.45–2.76) | 0.96 (0.34–2.70) | 56 (59.0%) | 1.96 (0.99–3.89) | 3.23 (1.43–7.27) | 30 (31.6%) | 2.21 (0.95–5.10) | 1.90 (0.72–4.94) | 6 (5.2%) | 0.63 (0.18–2.19) | 0.41 (0.10–1.73) | 72 (75.8%) | 0.94 (0.42–2.09) | 1.06 (0.42–2.64) | |
Total (%) | 292 (100%) | 252 (86.3%) | 235 (80.5%) | 150 (51.3%) | 64 (21.9%) | 27 (9.2%) | 215 (73.6%) | ||||||||||||