Table 5.

Factors affecting good practice towards DM complications among Type 2 adult DM patients at Addis Zemen District Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia; April, 2019

Variables		Practice level		COR(95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)
		Good practice	Poor practice
Age		N
18–30		81	53	1	1
31–45		53	65	0.53 (0.32,0.88)*	0.69 (0.35, 1.40)
	> = 45	62	88	0.46 (0.29,0.74)*	0.59 (0.30, 1.15)
Level of education
Can’t write and read		33	77	1	1
Informal school and can Read and write		67	57	2.74 (1.60, 4.70)**	1.96 (1.06, 3.61) *
Primary school and can read and write		38	39	2.27 (1.24, 4.16)*	1.53 (0.78, 3.01)
Secondary school and above		58	33	4.10 (2.27, 7.40)**	2.57 (1.32, 5.02)**
Marital status
Married		94	108	1
Divorced		18	19	1.09 (0.54, 2.20)	1.13 (0.51, 2.52)
Widowed		16	33	0.56 (0.29, 1.08)	0.99 (0.46, 2.12)
Single		68	46	1.70 (1.07, 2.71)	1.11 (0.58, 2.13)
Occupation
Farmer		38	47	1
Government employee		12	34	0.44 (0.20,.96)	0.39 (0.17,1.90)
Merchant		59	45	1.62 (0.91,2.89)	1.49 (0.79, 2.82)
House wife		37	40	1.14 (0.62,2.12)	1.33 (0.68, 2.59)
NGO worker		50	40	1.55 (0.85,2.81)	1.41 (0.73, 2.72)
Resident
Rural		63	96	1
Urban		133	110	1.84 (1.23,2.77)*	1.49 (0.94, 2.37)
Duration of DM
≤5		147	123	1
6–10		36	57	0.53 (0.33,0.86)*	0.65 (0.38, 1.13)
≥10		13	26	0.42 (0.21,0.85)*	0.57 (0.26, 1.27)
Level of income
< 500		80	75	1
500–1500		28	40	0.67 (0.37, 1.18)	1.07 (0.55, 2.08)
1501–2500		33	53	0.59 (0.35, 1.01)	0.82 (0.43, 1.55)
> 2500		55	37	1.41 (0.84, 2.38)	1.71 (0.89, 3.25)

*significant at p-value ≤ 0.05, ** significant at p-value ≤ 0.01

Abbreviations: DM = Diabetes mellitus, NGO = Non-governmental organizations, COR = Crude Odds Ratio, AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio