Concomitant Use of Herbal and Conventional Medicines among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of respondents in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 791).

Variable	Frequency	Percent
Gender
Male	402	50.8
Female	389	49.2
Age
18–40	290	36.7
41–64	368	46.5
>64	133	16.8
Marital status
Single	159	20.1
Married	526	66.5
Divorced	43	5.4
Widowed	63	8.0
Residency
Addis Ababa	667	84.3
Oromia	111	14.1
Others	13	1.6
Religion
Orthodox Christian	590	74.6
Muslim	97	12.3
Protestant Christian	89	11.2
Others	15	1.9
Educational level
Unable to read and write	187	23.7
Nonformal education	80	10.1
Elementary school	166	21.0
High school	190	24.0
TVET college and above	168	21.2
Occupation
House wife	231	29.2
Government employee	146	18.5
Merchant	70	8.8
Daily laborer	80	10.1
Student	45	5.7
Jobless	75	9.5
Others	144	18.2

Tigray, SNNP, and Amhara regions; Jehova’s Witness and Pagan; retired, contract employee, and handicraft.