Table 2.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending their follow up at the diabetic clinic of Debre Tabor General Hospital, Ethiopia, Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 398).
| Variables | Glycemic Control Level |
Total N | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor N (%) | Good N (%) | |||
| Sex | Male | 146 (69.2) | 65 (30.8) | 211 |
| Female | 138 (73.8) | 49 (26.2) | 187 | |
| Resident | Urban | 157 (67.1) | 77 (32.9) | 234 |
| Rural | 127 (77.4) | 37 (22.6) | 164 | |
| Duration of DM Treatment | 1–5 years | 161 (65.2) | 86 (34.8) | 247 |
| 6–10 years | 90 (78.9) | 24 (21.1) | 114 | |
| >10 years | 33 (89.2) | 4 (10.8) | 37 | |
| Number of medications taken per day | One | 69 (59.5) | 47 (40.5) | 116 |
| Two and above | 215 (76.2) | 67 (23.8) | 282 | |
| Having glucometer at home | No | 228 (73.1) | 84 (26.9) | 312 |
| Yes | 56 (65.1) | 30 (34.9) | 86 | |
| Chronic illness | No | 178 (73.9) | 63 (26.1) | 241 |
| Yes | 106 (67.5) | 51 (32.5) | 157 | |
| Dietary adherence status | Poor Adherence | 99 (78.6) | 27 (21.4) | 126 |
| Good Adherence | 185 (68.0) | 87 (32.0) | 272 | |
Factors associated with glycemic control.