Table 1.

Socio-Demographic of HTN and DM Patients and Categorization of Study Participants’ Score on KAP Domains Based on Socio-Demographics of HTN and DM Patients, West Shoa, Ethiopia, 2020 (N=423)

Variables	Category	Knowledge Level			P-value	Practice			P-value	Attitude			P-value
		Poor	Moderate	Good		Poor	Moderate	Good		Poor	Moderate	Good
Sex	Male	72	71	92	0.76	103	107	25	0.77	13	98	124	0.203
	Female	61	60	67		89	80	19		7	94	87
Age	18–40	39	67	72	0.001	80	84	14	0.166	5	73	100	0.000
	41–60	60	48	65		74	74	25		7	73	93
	>60	34	16	22		38	29	5		8	46	18
Religion	Orthodox	64	59	76	0.422	95	80	24	0.35	12	102	85	0.033
	Protestant	58	58	74		83	91	16		7	75	108
	Muslim	6	6	1		8	4	1		0	9	4
	Wakeffata	5	8	8		6	12	3		1	6	14
Residence	Rural	66	59	55	0.028	95	76	9	0.002	12	91	77	0.023
	Urban	67	72	104		97	111	35		8	101	134
Ethnics	Oromo	117	113	140	0.674	168	164	38	0.535	20	166	184	0.019
	Amhara	11	12	16		16	19	4		0	23	16
	Tigre	4	6	2		7	4	1		0	1	11
	Gurage	1	0	1		1	0	1		0	2	0
Educational level	No formal education	47	29	25	0.000	57	38	6	0.000	11	64	26	0.000
	Grades 1–6	38	33	31		48	44	10		3	60	39
	Grades 7–12	24	39	49		57	49	6		3	42	67
	Diploma	13	11	23		17	22	8		1	13	33
	First degree and above	11	19	31		13	34	14		2	13	46
Marital status	Single	13	24	31	0.188	32	34	2	0.034	0	27	41	0.069
	Married	114	101	123		157	142	39		19	154	165
	Divorce	6	6	5		3	11	3		1	11	5
Occupation	Private	49	48	57	0.000	75	62	17	0.001	7	72	75	0.000
	Farmer	62	48	32		75	60	7		11	82	49
	Public servant	16	26	57		27	55	17		2	24	73
	Others	6	9	13		15	10	3		0	14	14
Type of disease	HTN	67	81	79	0.018	110	97	20	0.262	13	99	115	0.376
	DM	40	42	55		56	67	14		3	63	71
	Both	26	8	25		26	23	10		4	30	25

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus.