Table 3 Factors affecting the self-care practice among patients with diabetes at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017
Variables | Self-care practice | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Good | Poor | COR, P-value | AOR, P-value | |
Age in years | ||||
18–35 | 19 (18.9) | 72 (79.1) | 1 | 1 |
36–50 | 38 (30.4) | 87 (69.6) | 1.65 (0.88–3.12), P < 0.12 | 0.88 (0.31–2.53), P < 0.8 |
51–65 | 20 (22.7) | 68 (77.3) | 1.12 (0.55–2.27), P < 0.77 | 0.64 (0.20–2.11), P < 0.4 |
66 and above | 10 (29.4) | 24 (70.6) | 1.58 (0.65–3.86), P < 0.32 | 0.91 (0.23–3.61), P < 0.9 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 55 (35.9) | 129 (74.1) | 1 | 1 |
Female | 32 (20.8) | 122 (79.2) | 0.62 (0.99–2.68), P < 0.06 | 1.39 (0.72–2.69), P < 0.33 |
Level of education | ||||
No formal education | 11 (12.1) | 80 (87.9) | 1 | 1 |
Primary school | 12 (12.5) | 84 (87.5) | 1.04 (0.43–2.49), P < 0.93 | 0.48 (0.17–1.38), P < 0.17 |
Secondary school | 16 (28.6) | 40 (71.4) | 2.91 (1.24–6.85), P < 0.02 | 1.25 (0.42–3.74), P < 0.69 |
Higher school | 48 (50.5) | 47 (49.5) | 7.43 (3.52–15.69), P < 0.00 | 2.65 (0.95–7.37), p < 0.06** |
Type of DM | ||||
Type 1 | 20 (19.6) | 82 (80.4) | 1 | 1 |
Type 2 | 67 (28.4) | 169 (71.6) | 1.63 (0.92–2.86), P < 0.09 | 1.27 (0.41–3.91), P < 0.68 |
Religion | ||||
Christian | 71 (23.3) | 234 (76.7) | 1 | 1 |
Muslim | 16 (48.5) | 17 (51.5) | 3.10 (1.49–6.45), P < 0.002 | 3.14 (1.28–7.91), P < 0.02** |
Monthly income | ||||
Low | 24 (15) | 137 (85) | 1 | 1 |
Medium | 39 (37.9) | 64 (62.1) | 3.48 (1.93–6.27), P < 0.00 | 1.86 (0.90–3.82), P < 0.09 |
High | 21 (56.8) | 16 (43.2) | 7.49 (3.43–16.37), P < 0.00 | 3.03 (1.10–8.35), P < 0.03** |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 11 (20.4) | 43 (79.6) | 1 | 1 |
Married | 66 (29.4) | 159 (70.6) | 1.62 (0.79–3.34), P < 0.19 | 1.27 (0.46–3.54), P < 0.65 |
Divorced | 4 (21.1) | 15 (78.9) | 1.04 (0.29–3.77), P < 0.95 | 0.87 (0.15–4.92), P < 0.87 |
Widowed | 6 (15) | 34 (85) | 0.69 (0.23–2.05), P < 0.51 | 0.86 (0.20–3.73), P < 0.84 |
Residence | ||||
Urban | 84 (31.6) | 182 (68.4) | 10.61 (3.25–34.70), P < 0.00 | 6.47 (1.38–30.43), P < 0.02** |
Rural | 3 (4.2) | 69 (95.8) | 1 | |