Knowledge and Self-Reported Practice of Insulin Injection Device Disposal among Diabetes Patients in Gondar Town, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Mean knowledge and practice scores of respondents according to different characteristics ().

Variable	Total knowledge score		Total practice score
	Mean (SD)	value	Mean (SD)	value
Sex
Male	6.02 (0.86)	0.189	7.44 (0.59)	0.273
Female	6.54 (0.79)		7.91 (0.68)
Age, in years
<19	5.98 (0.86)	0.752	5.50 (0.63)	0.441
20–39	6.02 (0.75)		5.01 (0.64)
40–59	5.77 (0.88)		6.33 (0.61)
>60	5.42 (0.81)		7.44 (0.68)
Residence
Urban	6.81 (0.86)	0.003	8.88 (0.54)	0.001
Rural	4.89 (0.77)		5.45 (0.61)
Marital status
Ever married	7.21 (0.89)	0.891	6.77 (0.63)	0.386
Unmarried	6.99 (0.83)		6.12 (0.65)
Employment status
Unemployed	6.55 (0.71)	0.389	5.59 (0.67)	0.501
Employed	6.49 (0.66)		6.32 (0.84)
Educational status
Illiterate	5.23 (0.85)	0.020	5.22 (0.70)
Primary school	6.09 (0.75)		8.12 (0.53)
Secondary school	7.44 (0.91)		8.77 (0.61)
College/university	7.89 (0.73)		9.97 (0.78)
Average monthly income
<1000	5.99 (0.21)		6.78 (0.67)
1000–2900	6.07 (0.72)		6.45 (0.62)
>3000	6.72 (0.74)		8.23 (0.61)
Type of DM
Type 1	8.23 (0.77)	0.000	9.98 (0.68)	0.005
Type 2	6.09 (0.81)		5.45 (0.60)
Family history of DM
Present	8.61 (0.99)		8.12 (0.58)	0.322
Absent	6.34 (0.97)		8.55 (0.64)
Duration of insulin use
<1 year	6.43 (0.83)	0.006	5.78 (0.66)
1–5 years	7.02 (0.69)		8.82 (0.39)
>5 years	9.12 (0.99)		9.13 (0.14)
Frequency of physician visit in the last 6 months
Once	6.56 (0.14)		6.89 (0.60)	0.001
Twice	6.89 (0.83)		8.12 (0.68)
More than twice	8.23 (0.91)		9.78 (0.71)
Only when getting sick	5.76 (0.76)		4.12 (0.60)

Statistically significant ().