Research Article
Knowledge, Practice, and Barriers of Foot Care among Diabetic Patients Attending Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 6
Factors affecting foot care practice of diabetic patients, Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, 2014.
| Variable | Foot care practice | AOR (95% CI) | value |
| Age | | | 18–25 | 1.0 | — | 26–35 | 1.327 (0.546–3.224) | 0.532 | 36–45 | 2.430 (0.977–6.042) | 0.056 | 46–55 | 2.116 (0.774–5.787) | 0.144 | >55 | 2.116 (0.678–6.600) | 0.197 | Educational status | | | Illiterate | 1.0 | — | Read and write | 1.159 (0.474–2.831) | 0.746 | Grades 1–8th | 2.683 (1.224–5.883) | 0.014* | Grades 9–12th | 2.969 (1.045–8.431) | 0.041* | College/above | 2.250 (0.642–7.883) | 0.205 | Occupational status | | | Farmer | 1.0 | — | Merchant | 2.598 (0.526–12.822) | 0.241 | Government employee | 5.629 (1.408–22.497) | 0.015* | NGO employee | 3.957 (0.755–20.731) | 0.104 | Daily laborer | 5.547 (1.455–21.151) | 0.012* | Housewife | 2.611 (0.818–8.341) | 0.105 | Student | 3.526 (0.560–22.192) | 0.179 | Monthly income | | | <500 | 1.0 | — | 500–1000 | 0.744 (0.342–1.622) | 0.458 | >1000 | 0.487 (1.95–1.219) | 0.124 | Place of residence | | | Urban | 1.0 | — | Rural | 1.528 | 0.641 | Duration of DM | | | <5 years | 1.0 | — | 5–10 years | 1.582 (0.865–2.894) | 0.137 | >10 years | 1.272 (0.457–3.536) | 0.645 | Knowledge status | | | Good | 4.839 (2.769–8.457) | 0.000* | Poor | 1.0 | |
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Have significant association at value less than 5%.
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