Research Article
Knowledge, Practice, and Barriers of Foot Care among Diabetic Patients Attending Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of diabetic patients following in Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, 2014.
| | Variables | Frequency (%) |
| | Age (year) | | | 18–25 | 88 (28.1) | | 26–35 | 59 (18.8) | | 36–45 | 60 (19.2) | | 46–55 | 55 (17.6) | | >55 | 51 (16.3) | | Sex | | | Male | 203 (64.9) | | Female | 110 (35.1) | | Ethnicity | | | Amhara | 310 (99.0) | | Tigray | 2 (0.6) | | Gurage | 1 (0.3) | | Marital status | | | Married | 196 (62.6) | | Single | 81 (25.9) | | Divorced | 23 (7.3) | | Widowed | 10 (3.2) | | Separated | 3 (1.0) | | Religion | | | Orthodox | 287 (91.7) | | Muslim | 20 (6.4) | | Protestant | 6 (1.9) | | Educational status | | | Illiterate | 103 (32.9) | | Can read and write | 37 (11.8) | | Grades 1–8th | 71 (22.7) | | Grades 9–12th | 54 (17.3) | | College and above | 48 (15.3) | | Occupational status | | | Farmer | 125 (39.9) | | Merchant | 16 (5.1) | | Government employee | 72 (23.0) | | NGO employee | 16 (5.1) | | Daily laborer | 23 (7.3) | | Housewife | 50 (16.0) | | Student | 11 (3.5) | | Monthly income (Ethiopian birr) (1$ = 19.00 birr) | | | 500 ($26) | 71 (22.7) | | 501–1000 ($26–52) | 124 (39.6) | | >1000 ($53) | 118 (37.7) |
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