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Table 3 Factors associated with self-care practice of diabetes patients on follow up in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State Hospitals, Western Ethiopia, 2018, (n = 383)

From: Self-care practice and associated factors among Diabetes Mellitus patients on follow up in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State Public Hospitals, Western Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Self-care practice

COR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

p-value

Good

Poor

Sex

 Male

125

84

1.00

1.00

 

 Female

83

91

1.63 (1.09, 2.45)

2.18 (1.26, 3.75)

0.005*

Age

 18–29

30

30

1.00

1.00

 

 30–39

49

41

0.84 (0.44, 1.61)

0.56 (0.19, 1.61)

0.28

 40–39

61

34

0.56 (0.29, 1.08)

0.43 (0.14, 1.34)

0.15

 50–59

37

30

0.81 (0.40, 1.63)

0.59 (0.17, 2.01)

0.40

 ≥ 60

31

40

1.29 (0.65,2.57)

0.95 (0.27, 3.33)

0.93

Level of education

 Can’t read and write

34

52

4.89 (2.13,11.24)

3.64 (1.34, 9.89)

0.01*

 Read and write

38

47

3.96 (1.73, 9.07)

3.22 (1.17, 8.82)

0.02*

 Primary school

41

34

2.65 (1.14, 6.17)

1.88 (0.68, 5.23)

0.23

 Secondary school

63

32

1.63 (0.71, 3.72)

1.65 (0.61, 4.47)

0.32

 Above 12(tertiary)

32

10

1.00

1.00

 

Marital status

 Single

44

41

0.44 (0.19, 1.05)

0.79 (0.22,2.79)

0.72

 Married

134

92

0.33 (0.15, 0.73)

0.88 (0.30,2.58)

0.82

 Divorced

20

21

0.50 (0.19, 1.32)

0.82 (0.23,2.89)

0.76

 Widowed

10

21

1.00

1.00

 

Religion

 Orthodox

72

63

1.01 (0.62, 1.64)

1.03 (0.54, 1.94)

0.94

 Muslim

67

59

0.61 (0.34,1.10)

0.99 (0.36, 1.60)

0.48

 Protestant

47

25

1.46 (0.76, 2.79)

1.08 (0.43, 2.32)

1.00

 Others

22

28

1.00

1.00

 

Ethnicity

 Amhara

54

49

1.134 (0.609, 2.129)

  

 Oromo

49

30

0.769 (0.390, 1.501)

  

 Shinasha

30

29

1.208 (0.593, 2.464)

  

 Berta

28

21

0.938 (0.441, 1.991)

  

 Gumuz

12

18

1.875 (0.775, 4.536)

  

 Others

35

28

1.00

  

Occupation

 Student

33

25

1.00

  

 Employed

66

55

1.18 (0.52, 2.67)

  

 Unemployed

36

35

1.30 (0.63, 2.68)

  

 House wife

25

22

1.52 (0.70, 3.32)

  

 Merchant

25

16

1.38 (0.59, 3.22)

  

 Farmer

23

22

1.50 (0.63, 3.52)

  

Residency

 Urban

163

109

1.00

1.00

 

 Rural

45

66

2.19 (1.40, 3.50)

1.65 (0.91, 2.99)

0.10

Type of DM

 Type 1

40

33

1.00

1.00

 

 Type 2

138

84

0.74 (0.43, 1.26)

1.12 (0.44, 2.88)

0.81

 I don’t know

30

58

2.34 (1.24, 4.43)

2.49 (0.87, 7.12)

0.09

Duration of DM (years)

 0–4 

119

108

0.79 (0.28, 2.26)

  

 5–9

62

47

0.66 (0.22,1.96)

  

 10–14

20

12

0.53 (0.15, 1.82)

  

 ≥ 15

7

8

1.00

  

DM family history

 Yes

36

18

1.00

1.00

 

 No

101

87

1.72 (0.91, 3.25)

1.37 (0.61, 3.09)

0.45

 I don’t know

71

70

1.97 (1.02, 3.80)

1.48 (0.63, 3.45)

0.37

Comorbidity

 Yes

41

25

0.68 (0.39, 1.17)

0.57 (0.28, 1.16)

0.12

 No

167

150

1.00

1.00

 

Current treatment

 Insulin injection

53

48

0.91 (0.47,1.75)

  

 Oral DM medications

127

99

0.78 (0.43, 1.40)

  

 Both

28

28

1.00

  

DM health education

 Never

20

45

4.84 (2.58, 9.08)

4.10 (1.90, 8.84)

0.000*

 Sometimes

87

83

2.05 (1.30, 3.24)

1.08 (0.79, 2.49)

0.25

 Regularly

101

47

1.00

1.00

 

Having glucometer

 Yes

58

19

1.00

1.00

 

 No

150

156

3.18 (1.81, 5.58)

2.66 (1.30, 5.47)

0.007*

Diabetic knowledge

 Poor

36

77

5.52 (3.11, 9.79)

5.02 (2.45, 10.28)

0.000*

 Moderate

92

67

1.88 (1.12, 3.16)

1.86 (0.98, 3.55)

0.060

 Good

80

31

1.00

1.00

 

Social support

 Good

140

78

   

 Poor

68

97

2.56 (1.69, 3.88)

1.85 (1.09, 3.13)

0.023*

Self-efficacy

 Good

137

66

1.00

  

 Poor

71

109

3.19 (2.10, 4.85)

3.01 (1.76, 5.12)

0.000*

  1. COR crude odd ratio, AOR adjusted odd ratio, DM diabetes mellitus
  2. NB: variables having a (p ≤ 0.2) in bi variable (unadjusted) analysis included in the multivariable (adjusted) analysis. * Satistically significant at p-value ≤ 0.05