Table 5.

Factors associated with diabetic foot care (DFC) recommendation adherence among patients with DM on follow-up at public hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia, 2022 (n=400)

Variables	Category	DFC recommendation adherence		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Inadequate	Adequate
Age	18–27	13	12	1.55 (1.18, 10.29)	0.49 (0.53, 1.09)
	28–37	12	64	2.44 (1.12, 4.23)	1.10 (1.27, 5.63)*
	38–47	51	30	5.26 (1.12, 4.48)	2.19 (2.74, 8.89)†
	48–57	66	18	0.27 (0.25, 1.04)	0.23 (0.26, 8.27)
	58–67	5	56	0.13 (0.25, 0.71)	0.45 (0.56, 1.02)
	>68	30	43	1	1
Educational status	No formal education	36	30	3.68 (1.94, 6.98)	1.57 (0.80, 4.71)
	Primary	29	27	3.30 (1.69, 5.45)	1.26 (0.75, 3.88)
	Secondary	83	77	3.31 (1.96, 5.57)	1.30 (0.76, 2.95)
	College and above	29	89	1	1
Residence	Rural	94	76	2.19 (1.46, 3.28)	1.71 (1.15, 2.57)*
	Urban	83	147	1	1
Having information regarding DFC	Yes	98	94	1.70 (0.70, 2.92)	1.81 (0.80, 4.47)
	No	79	129	1	1
Current smoker	Yes	44	28	2.30 (1.37, 3.89)	0.76 (0.67, 2.53)
	No	133	195	1	1
Khat chewers	Yes	110	98	2.09 (2.46, 5.23)	1.52 (0.84, 4.85)
	No	67	125	1	1
Current alcohol drinkers	Yes	22	14	2.12 (1.05, 4.27)	0.85 (0.90, 3.32)
	No	155	209	1	1
Comorbidity	No	148	162	1.92 (2.32, 7.85)	2.22 (1.34, 5.14)†
	Yes	29	61	1	1
BMI	Obese	83	69	2.89 (1.22, 7.53)	1.43 (1.10, 5.05)*
	Overweight	50	79	1.52 (1.32, 8.23)	0.61 (0.75, 2.43)
	Normal	35	84	1	1
Knowledge of DFC recommendation	Inadequate	105	89	2.20 (2.14, 6.73)	2.10 (1.52, 4.35)*
	Adequate	72	134	1	1

Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test was fitted.

*P<0.05

†P<0.001

AOR, adjusted OR; BMI, body mass index; COR, crude OR; DM, diabetes mellitus.