Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of patients with chronic disease visiting Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.
| Variables | Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 18–30 | 90 (21.3%) |
| 31–40 | 104 (24.6%) | |
| 41–50 | 125 (29.6%) | |
| 50 and above | 103 (24.4%) | |
| Sex | Male | 227 (53.8%) |
| Female | 195 (46.2%) | |
| Marital status | Married | 263 (62.3%) |
| Single | 91 (21.6%) | |
| Widowed | 43 (10.2%) | |
| Divorced | 25 (5.9%) | |
| Educational status | No formal education | 46 (10.9%) |
| Primary education | 94 (22.3%) | |
| Secondary education | 109 (25.8%) | |
| Collage and above | 173 (41%) | |
| Occupation | Housewife | 55 (13%) |
| Farmer | 28 (6.6%) | |
| Private employ | 70 (16.6%) | |
| Daily laborer | 39 (9.2%) | |
| Merchant | 85 (20.1%) | |
| Gov’t employs | 109 (25.8%) | |
| Other | 36 (8.5%) | |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 410 (97.2%) |
| Oromo | 9 (2.1%) | |
| Tigrai | 3 (0.7%) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 358 (84.8%) |
| Catholic | 9 (2.1%) | |
| Protestant | 37 (8.8%) | |
| Muslim | 18 (4.3%) | |
| Family size | <5 | 308 (73%) |
| ≥5 | 114 (27%) | |
| Monthly income | <5000ETB | 112 (26.5%) |
| 5000-9999ETB | 179 (42.4%) | |
| 10,000-1499ETB | 98 (23.2%) | |
| ≥15,000ETB | 33 (7.8%) | |
| Residence | Rural | 133 (31.5%) |
| Urban | 289 (68.5%) | |