Table 1.
Socio-demographic and medical feature of chronic disease patients, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia 2021 (n = 319).
| Variables | Category | Frequency, n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 175(54.9) |
| Female | 144(45.1) | |
| Place of living | Rural | 33(10.3) |
| Urban | 268(84.0) | |
| Semi-urban | 18(5.6) | |
| Educational status | No formal education | 76(23.8) |
| Primary school | 92(28.8) | |
| Secondary school | 55(17.2) | |
| College and above | 96(30.1) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 274(85.9) |
| Muslim | 34(10.7) | |
| Protestant | 3(.9) | |
| Catholic | 8(2.5) | |
| Marital status | Married | 204(63.9) |
| Single | 60(18.8) | |
| Divorced | 30(9.4) | |
| Widowed | 25(7.8) | |
| Service OPD name | DM Clinic ACSH | 104(32.6) |
| Cardiology Clinic ACSH | 80(25.1) | |
| DM Clinic MGH | 60(18.8) | |
| Cardiology Clinic MGH | 56(17.6) | |
| DM Clinic QGH | 10(3.1) | |
| Cardiology Clinic QGH | 9(2.8) | |
| Disease Type | DM | 138(43.3) |
| HTN | 128(40.1) | |
| DM & HTN | 53(16.6) | |
| Occupation | Government Employee | 63(19.7) |
| Merchant | 35(11.0) | |
| Private-employee | 81(25.4) | |
| House wife | 62(19.4) | |
| Farmer | 29(9.1) | |
| Student | 15(4.7) | |
| Other | 34(10.7) | |
| Age categorized by median score | Below 50 years | 148 (46.4) |
| 50 years and above | 171 (53.6) | |
| Minimum, Maximum | Median(IQR) | |
| Age | (19,83) | 50(39,60) |
N.B: Abbreviations; DM- Diabetes mellitus, HTN- Hypertension, ACSH- Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, MGH- Mekelle general Hospital, QGH- Quiha General Hospital, IQR- Inter Quartile Range.