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

Table 7

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

Variables	Category	Practice		COR 95% CI	AOR 95% CI	value
		Good	Poor
Sex	Male	160 (53.3%)	56 (54.4%)	1.00	1.00
	Female	140 (46.7%)	47 (45.6%)	1.043 (0.665, 1.634)	1.23 (0.47, 1.23)	0.114^#
Age	18-25	43 (14.3%)	9 (8.7%)	1.00	100
	26-35	49 (16.3%)	17 (16.5%)	0.603 (0.2441, 0.493)	0.45 (0.32, 4.1)	0.42
	36-45	48 (16.0%)	16 (15.5%)	0.628 (0.252, 1.567)	0.78 (0.35, 1.68)	0.46
	≥46	160 (53.3%)	61 (59.2%)	0.549 (0.253, 1.194)	0.85 (0.35, 1.78)	0.22
Marital status	Married	204 (68.0%)	63 (61.2%)	1.00	1.00
	Divorced	22 (7.3%)	9 (8.7%)	0.755 (0.331, 1.723)	2.121 (0.853, 5.275)	0.331^#
	Single	47 (15.7%)	15 (14.6%)	0.968 (0.507, 1.847)	1.410 (0.450, 4.419)	0.322^#
	Widowed	27 (9.0%)	16 (15.5%)	0.521 (0.264, 1.028)	0.735 (0.219, 2.469)	0.066^#
Occupational status	Unemployed	63 (21.0%)	21 (20.4%)	1.00	1.00
	Merchant	69 (23.0%)	13 (12.6%)	1.769 (0.818, 3.827)	0.861 (0.344, 2.157)	0.894^#
	Government employed	69 (23.0%)	7 (6.8%)	3.286 (1.308, 8.254)	0.478 (0.121, 1.885)	0.00
	Day laborers	11 (3.7%)	4 (3.9%)	0.917 (0.264, 3.188)	0.476 (0.115, 1.973)	0.69^#
	Farmer	64 (21.3%)	44 (48.7%)	0.485 (0.259, 0.906)	0.228 (0.102, 0.510)	0.001
	Others	24 (8%)	14 (13.5%)	0.571 (0.251, 1.302)	0.164 (0.057, 0.474)	0.003
Educational status	Unable to read/write	107 (35.7%)	69 (67.0%)	1.00	1.00
	Primary	53 (17.7%)	18 (17.5%)	1.899 (1.027, 3.510)	1.929 (0.975, 3.815)	0.049
	High school	66 (22.0%)	7 (6.8%)	6.080 (2.636, 14.02)	7.07 (2.792, 17.93)	0.00
	College/university	74 (24.7%)	9 (8.7%)	5.302 (2.492, 11.28)	5.78 (1.890, 17.71)	0.002

Significantly associated. ^#Not significantly associated.