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

Have significant association at value less than 5%.