Dietary Practice among Type 2 Diabetic Ppatients in Southern Ethiopia

Table 5

Multivariable logistic regression model showing factors associated with the dietary practice of patients with type 2 diabetes in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 352).

Variables	Category	Dietary practice		COR (95%C.I)	AOR (95%C.I)	value
		Poor (%)	Good (%)
Educational status	No formal education	51 (48.1)	55 (51.9)	1.7 (1.1–2.7)	3.0 (1.6–5.5)	0.001
	Primary education	30 (41.1)	43 (58.9)	1.2 (0.7–2.2)	2.2 (1.1–4.4)	0.030
	Secondary and above	62 (35.8)	111 (64.2)	1	1
Residence	Urban	112 (39.0)	175 (61.0)	1	1
	Rural	31 (47.7)	34 (52.3)	1.4 (0.8–2.4)	1.6 (0.8–2.9)	0.171
Food security status	Secure	37 (28.9)	91 (71.1)	1	1
	Mildly insecure	46 (38.3)	74 (61.7)	1.5 (0.9–2.6)	1.4 (0.8–2.6)	0.246
	Moderately insecure	60 (57.7)	44 (42.3)	3.4 (1.9–5.8)	5.3 (2.8–9.9)	<0.001
Duration of diabetes in years	≤5 year	87 (45.1)	106 (54.9)	1	1
	>5 year	56 (35.2)	103 (64.8)	0.7 (0.4–0.9)	0.7 (0.4–1.1)	0.110
Diabetes knowledge	Good knowledge	76 (37.4)	127 (62.6)	1	1
	Poor knowledge	67 (45.0)	82 (55.0)	1.4 (0.9–2.1)	1.7 (0.9–2.9)	0.061
Despondency	Yes	66 (35.9)	118 (64.1)	0.6 (0.4–1.1)	0.6 (0.4–1.1)	0.056
	No	77 (45.8)	91 (54.2)	1	1
Depression	No depression	91 (35.4)	166 (64.6)	1	1
	Have depression	52 (54.4)	43 (45.3)	2.2 (1.4–3.6)	5.9 (3.0–11.4)	<0.001
Nutrition education	Yes	121 (38.8)	191 (61.2)	1	1
	No	22 (55.0)	18 (45.0)	2 (1.1–3.9)	2.2 (1.1–4.6)	0.038