Table 9 Associated factors of DMSQ physician contact practices in patients with type II diabetes at AHMC (n = 93)
Physician contact status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Poor | Optimum | P-value | |
Sex of patients | Male | 4(9.8%) | 37(90.2%) | 0.540 |
Female | 8(15.4%) | 44(84.6%) | ||
Marital status | Single | 0(0%) | 12(100%) | 0.024 |
Married | 10(16.4%) | 51(83.6%) | ||
Divorced | 2(50%) | 2(50%) | ||
Widowed/er | 0(0%) | 16(100%) | ||
Social drug use | Khat | 0(0%) | 2(100%) | 0.735 |
Alcohol | 3(23.1%) | 10(76.9%) | ||
None | 9(12.2%) | 65(87.8%) | ||
Two from the three | 0(0%) | 2(100%) | ||
All | 0(0%) | 2(100%) | ||
Experience of hypoglycemia | Experienced | 3(7.9%) | 35(92.1%) | 0.348 |
Not experienced | 9(16.4%) | 46(83.6%) | ||
Dietary plan | No | 7(18.9%) | 30(81.1%) | 0.210 |
Yes | 5(8.9%) | 51(91.1%) | ||
Presence of co morbidities | Hypertension | 0(0%) | 22(100%) | 0.086 |
IHD | 0(0%) | 2(100%) | ||
Dyslipidemia | 0(0%) | 8(100%) | ||
Other | 2(14.3%) | 12(85.7%) | ||
None | 10(21.3%) | 37(78.7%) | ||
Glucometer at home | Yes | 3(11.5%) | 23(88.5%) | 1.00 |
No | 9(13.4%) | 58(86.6%) | ||
level of education | Can't read and write | 2(12.5%) | 14(87.5%) | 0.269 |
Can read and write | 2(16.67%) | 10(83.3%) | ||
Primary school (1–8) | 2(6.7%) | 28(93.3%) | ||
Secondary school (9–12) | 1(5.9%) | 16(94.1%) | ||
Collage/university | 5(27.9%) | 13(72.2%) | ||
Diabetes follow up | Always | 3(4.8%) | 59(95.2%) | 0.002 |
Sometimes | 9(29.0%) | 22(70.9%) | ||