Research Article
Prevalence and Determinants of Appropriate Health Seeking Behaviour among Known Diabetics: Results from a Community-Based Survey
Table 3
Factors associated with appropriate health seeking behaviour.
| | Variables | Health seeking behaviour | | value | | Appropriate (/%) | Inappropriate (/%) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | <35 | 364 (88.3) | 48 (11.8) | 18.725 | <0.001 | | ≥35 | 31 (64.6) | 17 (35.4) | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 147 (85.5) | 25 (14.5) | 0.283 | 0.595 | | Female | 248 (86.1) | 40 (13.9) | | Marital status | | | | | | Married | 307 (84.3) | 305 (83.8) | 3.786 | 0.052 | | Not married (bachelor, widow) | 88 (11.7) | 88 (91.7) | | Educational level | | | | | | High | 190 (81.9) | 42 (18.1) | 5.926 | 0.015 | | Low | 205 (89.9) | 23 (10.1) | | Employment status | | | | | | Working | 117 (78.5) | 32 (21.5) | 10.182 | 0.001 | | Not working | 278 (89.4) | 33 (10.6) | | Mean household income (RM) | | | | | | <770 | 152 (91.0) | 15 (9.0) | 6.568 | 0.010 | | ≥770 | 243 (82.9) | 50 (17.1) | | Household size (person) | | | | | | ≥5 | 138 (83.1) | 28 (16.9) | 1.761 | 0.185 | | <5 | 257 (87.4) | 37 (12.6) | | Distance from health facilities (kilometre) | | | 1.165 | 0.280 | | ≥5 | 206 (88.0) | 28 (16.0) | | <5 | 189 (83.6) | 37 (16.4) | | Having transportation | | | | | | Yes | 376 (85.5) | 64 (14.5) | 1.537 | 0.215 | | No | 19 (95.0) | 1 (5.0) | | Duration of illness (years) | | | | | | >5 | 187 (78.6) | 51 (21.4) | 21.024 | <0.001 | | ≤5 | 208 (93.7) | 14 (6.3) | | Comorbidity | | | | | | Yes | 131 (74.9) | 44 (25.1) | 31.181 | <0.001 | | No | 264 (92.6) | 21 (7.4) | | Family history of diabetes mellitus | | | | | | Yes | 165 (78.6) | 45 (21.4) | 18.968 | <0.001 | | No | 230 (92.0) | 20 (8.0) | | Complication of diabetes mellitus | | | | | | Yes | 169 (85.4) | 29 (14.6) | 0.331 | 0.595 | | No | 226 (86.3) | 36 (13.7) | | Early treatment at diagnosis | | | | | | Yes | 199 (89.6) | 23 (10.4) | 15.120 | <0.001 | | No | 196 (82.4) | 42 (17.6) | | Family support | | | | | | High | 223 (88.1) | 30 (11.9) | 2.416 | 0.120 | | low | 172 (83.1) | 35 (16.9) | | Knowledge of diabetes mellitus | | | | | | Good | 226 (85.9) | 37 (14.1) | 0.122 | 0.727 | | Poor | 169 (85.8) | 28 (14.2) | | Perception of respondent toward risk of getting diabetes | | | | | | Positive | 152 (84.9) | 27 (15.1) | 0.219 | 0.639 | | Negative | 243 (86.5) | 38 (15.5) | | Perception of respondent towards personal control | | | | | | Positive | 133 (82.1) | 29 (17.9) | 2.930 | 0.087 | | Negative | 262 (87.9) | 36 (12.1) | | Perception of respondent towards benefit and barriers of preventive behaviour | | | | | | Positive | 81 (87.1) | 12 (12.9) | 0.145 | 0.749 | | Negative | 314 (85.6) | 53 (14.4) | | Method of DM being diagnosed | | | | | | Medical screening at community level | 26 (86.7) | 4 (13.3) | 16.120 | 0.013 | | Medical screening at health facilities | 115 (92.7) | 9 (7.3) | | Own initiatives | 103 (84.4) | 19 (15.6) | | Medical checkup (preemployment/haji) | 27 (75.0) | 9 (25.0) | | Getting treatment for symptom of DM | 62 (89.9) | 7 (10.1) | | Admitted to hospital due to complication of DM | 39 (83.0) | 8 (17.0) | | Medical screening 6 weeks postpartum | 23 (71.9) | 9 (28.1) |
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