Table 3.
Distribution of practice of participants regarding taking their medicine in Felege-Hiwot Referral Hospital, North West Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 182)
| Variables | Insulin adherence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (N and %) | No (N and %) | COR (95% CL) | AOR (95% CL) | P-value | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 53 | 47 | 0.524 (0.285–0.962) | – | – |
| Female | 56 | 26 | 1 | – | – |
| Marital status | |||||
| Not married | 57 | 58 | 0.283 (0.143–0.560) | 0.309 (0.143–0.670) | 0.003 |
| Married | 52 | 15 | 1 | – | – |
| Duration of the disease | |||||
| Up to 5 years | 94 | 47 | 3.467 (1.678–7.162) | – | |
| Greater than 5 years | 15 | 26 | 1 | – | |
| Health care visit | |||||
| Once in a month | 45 | 29 | 0.614 (0.338–1.116) | 3.337 (1.487–7.490) | 0.003 |
| More than a month | 64 | 44 | 1 | – | – |
| Insulin cost | |||||
| Free | 14 | 47 | 3.195 (1.594–6.402) | 2.882 (1.319–6.298) | 0.008 |
| Purchase | 59 | 62 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other chronic illness | |||||
| Yes | 71 | 41 | 1.459 (0.794–2.677) | – | |
| No | 38 | 32 | 1 | – | |
| Some times daily | |||||
| Yes | 108 | 68 | 7.941 (0.908–69.44) | – | |
| No | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | |
| Carry insulin out of home | |||||
| Yes | 95 | 58 | 1.755 (0.790–3.899) | ||
| No | 14 | 15 | 1 | ||
Italic values indicate significant variables