Table 3.
Substance and alcohol use among patients with diabetes, hypertension, and heart failure at Dessie Referral Hospital, 2019 (N = 384).
| Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee and/or tea | Yes | 311 | 81 |
| No | 73 | 19 | |
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| Cigarette smoking | Yes | 4 | 1 |
| No | 380 | 99 | |
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| Alcohol drinking | Yes | 28 | 7.3 |
| No | 356 | 92.7 | |
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| Chat chewing | Yes | 1 | 0.3 |
| No | 383 | 99.7 | |
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| Using shisha and other substances | Yes | 0 | 0 |
| No | 384 | 100 | |
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| Sum of substance uses (alcohol drinking, chat chewing, cigarette smoking, shisha, etc.) | Yes | 32 | 8.3 |
| No | 352 | 91.7 | |