Prevalence and Determinants of Appropriate Health Seeking Behaviour among Known Diabetics: Results from a Community-Based Survey

Table 4

Logistic regression predicting likelihood of appropriate health seeking behavior.

Characteristic		SE	WALD	value	Exp	95% CI
Constant	2.394	0.346	47.822	<0.001	10.953
Age (years)
≥35; <35	0.956	0.420	5.174	0.023	1.00; 2.60	1.14–5.92
Comorbidity
Yes; No	1.212	0.318	14.527	<0.001	1.00; 3.15	1.66–5.98
Family history of diabetes mellitus
Yes; No	1.147	0.328	12.281	<0.001	1.00; 3.36	1.80–6.27
Distance from health facilities (kilometre)
<5; ≥5	0.699	0.312	5.035	0.025	1.00; 2.01	1.08–3.70
Seeking treatment upon diagnosis (within 24 hours)
Yes; No	0.962	0.337	8.156	0.004	2.62; 1.00	1.35–5.07
Duration of illness (years)
>5; ≤5	1.222	0.355	11.860	0.001	1.00; 3.40	1.69–6.08
Complication of diabetes mellitus
Yes; No	−0.584	0.318	3.369	0.066	1.00; 0.588	0.30–1.04
Family support
low; high	−1.112	0.456	5.949	0.015	1.00; 2.56	1.25–7.69

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