Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of patients and prevalence of poor controlled glycemia of participants with diabetes mellitus, West Shewa, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 390).
| Variables | Category | Number | Percent | Outcome of Glycemic Control |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1c ≥ 7% (%) | A1c <7% (%) | ||||
| Sex | Male | 198 | 50.8 | 58 (70.7%) | 140 (29.3%) |
| Female | 192 | 49.2 | 109 (56.8%) | 83 (43.2%) | |
| Age (Year) | Mean (SD) | 46.45 (15.67) | |||
| Average monthly income (ETB) | Under 30 | 70 | 17.7 | 24 (34.3%) | 46 (65.7%) |
| 30–39 | 59 | 15.1 | 23 (39.0%) | 36 (61.0%) | |
| 40–49 | 97 | 24.9 | 49 (50.5%) | 48 (49.5%) | |
| 50 and above | 164 | 42.1 | 96 (58.5%) | 68 (41.5%) | |
| <1000 | 87 | 22.3 | 54 (62.1%) | 33 (37.9%) | |
| 2000–2999 | 27 | 6.9 | 19 (70.4%) | 8 (29.6%) | |
| >3000 | 193 | 49.5 | 126 (65.3%) | 67 (34.7%) | |
| Marital status | Married | 298 | 76.4 | 197 (66.1%) | 101 (33.9%) |
| Single | 73 | 18.7 | 41 (56.2%) | 32 (43.8%) | |
| Divorced | 13 | 3.3 | 6 (46.2%) | 7 (53.8%) | |
| Widowed | 6 | 1.5 | 5 (83.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 199 | 51.0 | 128 (64.3%) | 71 (35.7%) |
| Protestant | 154 | 39.5 | 100 (64.9%) | 54 (35.1%) | |
| Muslim | 22 | 5.6 | 14 (63.6%) | 8 (36.4%) | |
| Wakefata | 12 | 3.1 | 5 (41.7%) | 7 (58.3%) | |
| Others | 3 | .8 | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | |
| Educational status | Can't read and write | 85 | 21.8 | 58 (68.2% | 27 (31.8%) |
| Only Read & Write | 28 | 7.2 | 22 (78.6%) | 6 (21.4%) | |
| primary education [[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]] | 93 | 23.8 | 56 (60.2%) | 37 (39.8%) | |
| Secondary education [[9], [10], [11], [12]] | 70 | 17.9 | 43 (61.4%) | 27 (38.6%) | |
| Level I-IV and Diploma | 52 | 13.3 | 32 (61.5%) | 20 (38.5%) | |
| Degree and above | 62 | 15.9 | 38 (61.3%) | 24 (38.7%) | |
| Occupational status | House wife | 55 | 14.1 | 32 (58.2%) | 23 (41.8%) |
| Gov't Employee | 123 | 31.5 | 72 (58.5%) | 51 (41.5%) | |
| Non-Gov't Employee | 32 | 8.2 | 22 (68.8%) | 10 (31.3%) | |
| Student | 33 | 8.5 | 16 (48.5%) | 17 (51.5%) | |
| Merchant | 41 | 10.5 | 26 (63.4%) | 15 (36.6%) | |
| Daily laborer | 11 | 2.8 | 8 (72.7%) | 3 (27.3%) | |
| Farmer | 95 | 24.4 | 73 (76.8%) | 22 (23.2%) | |
| Residence | Rural | 147 | 37.7 | 98 (66.7%) | 49 (33.3%) |
| Urban | 243 | 62.3 | 151 (62.1%) | 92 (37.9%) | |
| Family History of Hypertension | Yes | 83 | 21.3 | 58 (69.9%) | 25 (30.1%) |
| No | 307 | 78.7 | 191 (62.2%) | 116 (37.8%) | |
| Family History of DM | Yes | 105 | 26.9 | 64 (61.0%) | 41 (39.0%) |
| No | 285 | 73.1 | 185 (64.9%) | 100 (35.1%) | |