Research Article
Knowledge, Practice, and Barriers of Foot Care among Diabetic Patients Attending Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 5
Factors affecting knowledge of diabetic patients about foot care, Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, 2014.
| Variable | Knowledge of foot care | AOR (95% CI) | value |
| Age | | | 15–25 | 1.0 | — | 26–35 | 1.944 (0.788–4.794) | 0.149 | 36–45 | 0.907 (0.352–2.333) | 0.839 | 46–55 | 1.758 (0.614–5.301) | 0.293 | >55 | 0.638 (0.204–1.993) | 0.439 | Marital status | | | Married | 1.0 | — | Single | 0.426 (0.199–0.913) | 0.028* | Divorced | 0.556 (0.211–1.468) | 0.236 | Widowed | 3.983 (0.826–19.206) | 0.085 | Separated | 1.383 (0.095–20.124) | 0.812 | Educational status | | | Illiterate | 1.0 | — | Can read and write | 0.543 (0.230–1.281) | 0.163 | Grades 1–8th | 1.989 (0.951–4.163) | 0.068 | Grades 9–12th | 1.782 (0.701–4.527) | 0.225 | College and above | 1.318 (0.428–4.060) | 0.631 | Occupational status | | | Farmer | | | Merchant | 1.070 (0.221–5.176) | 0.933 | Government employee | 1.060 (0.290–3.873) | 0.930 | NGO employee | 0.821 (0.156–4.325) | 0.816 | Daily laborer | 0.641 (0.184–2.236) | 0.485 | Housewife | 0.320 (0.097–1.062) | 0.063 | Student | 0.825 (0.146–4.652) | 0.827 | Monthly income (b) | | | <500 | 1.0 | — | 501–1000 | 1.507 (0.744–3.049) | 0.255 | >1000 | 1.130 (0.502–2.541) | 0.768 | Place of residence | | | Urban | | | Rural | 0.489 (0.189–1.267) | 0.141 | Duration of DM (yr) | | | <5 | 1.0 | — | 5–10 | 1.298 (0.740–2.277) | 0.363 | >10 | 2.195 (0.827–5.830) | 0.115 |
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Have significant association at value less than 5%.
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