Knowledge, Practice, and Barriers of Foot Care among Diabetic Patients Attending Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Factors affecting knowledge of diabetic patients about foot care, Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, 2014.

Variable	Knowledge of foot care
	AOR (95% CI)	value
Age
15–25	1.0	—
26–35	1.944 (0.788–4.794)	0.149
36–45	0.907 (0.352–2.333)	0.839
46–55	1.758 (0.614–5.301)	0.293
>55	0.638 (0.204–1.993)	0.439
Marital status
Married	1.0	—
Single	0.426 (0.199–0.913)	0.028^*
Divorced	0.556 (0.211–1.468)	0.236
Widowed	3.983 (0.826–19.206)	0.085
Separated	1.383 (0.095–20.124)	0.812
Educational status
Illiterate	1.0	—
Can read and write	0.543 (0.230–1.281)	0.163
Grades 1–8th	1.989 (0.951–4.163)	0.068
Grades 9–12th	1.782 (0.701–4.527)	0.225
College and above	1.318 (0.428–4.060)	0.631
Occupational status
Farmer
Merchant	1.070 (0.221–5.176)	0.933
Government employee	1.060 (0.290–3.873)	0.930
NGO employee	0.821 (0.156–4.325)	0.816
Daily laborer	0.641 (0.184–2.236)	0.485
Housewife	0.320 (0.097–1.062)	0.063
Student	0.825 (0.146–4.652)	0.827
Monthly income (b)
<500	1.0	—
501–1000	1.507 (0.744–3.049)	0.255
>1000	1.130 (0.502–2.541)	0.768
Place of residence
Urban
Rural	0.489 (0.189–1.267)	0.141
Duration of DM (yr)
<5	1.0	—
5–10	1.298 (0.740–2.277)	0.363
>10	2.195 (0.827–5.830)	0.115

Have significant association at value less than 5%.