Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Glycemic Control and Its Associated Factors among Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Table 6

Bivariable and multivariable analysis of factors associated with attitude towards glycemic controls on DM patients at the University of Gondar referral hospital, 2018.

Variables	Attitude		COR 95% CI	AOR 95% CI	value
	Good	Poor
Age
18-25	35 (12.9%)	17 (12.9%)	1.00	1.00
26-35	45 (16.6%)	21 (15.9%)	1.041 (0.478, 2.264)	0.701 (0.24, 2.01)	0.508^#
36-45	44 (16.2%)	20 (15.2%)	1.069 (0.488, 2.341)	0.813 (0.27, 2.36)	0.704^#
≥46	147 (54.2%)	74 (56.1%)	0.965 (0.507, 1.836)	0.64 (2.34, 1.75)	0.38^#
Marital status
Married	193 (71.2%)	74 (56.1%)	1.00	1.00	1
Divorced	17 (6.3%)	14 (10.6%)	0.466 (0.21, 0.992)	0.588 (0.249, 1.386)	0.225^#
Single	40 (14.8%)	22 (16.7%)	0.697 (0.388, 1.252)	0.339 (159, 0.721)	0.005
Widowed	21 (7.7%)	22 (16.7%)	0.366 (0.190, 0.705)	3.287 (1.725, 6.262)	0.002
Occupations
Unemployed	52 (19.2%)	32 (24.2%)	1.00	1.00	1
Merchant	55 (20.3%)	27 (20.5%)	1.254 (0.663, 2.371)	0.46 (0.2, 1.05)	0.083^#
Government employed	73 (26.9%)	3 (2.3%)	14.974 (4.352, 51.525)	0.86 (0.177, 4.209)	0.001
Day laborers	8 (3.0%)	7 (5.3%)	0.703 (0.233, 2.125)	0.39 (0.107, 1.47)	0.242^#
Farmer	60 (22.1%)	48 (36.4%)	0.769 (0.430, 1.376)	0.325 (0.15, 0.698)	0.004
Others	23 (8.5%)	15 (11.4%)	0.944 (0.430, 2.070)	0.25 (0.09, 0.7)	0.008
Education
Unable to read/write	78 (28.8%)	98 (74.2%)	1.00	1.00
Primary school	49 (18.1%)	22 (16.7%)	2.798 (1.560, 5.020)	3.287 (1.725, 6.262)	0.001
High school	66 (24.4%)	7 (5.3%)	11.846 (5.145, 27.274)	13.562 (5.414, 33.97)	0.001
College and above	78 (28.8%)	5 (3.8%)	19.600 (7.56, 50.773)	20.615 (5.901, 72.02)	0.001

Significantly associated. ^#Not significantly associated.