Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (n鈥�=鈥�340)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years (mean鈥壜扁�塖D) | 听 | 52鈥壜扁赌�12 | |
Duration with DM in years (Median鈥壜扁�塈QR) | 听 | 5鈥壜扁赌�7.3 | |
Gender | 听 | 听 | |
Female | 255 | 75 | |
Male | 85 | 25 | |
Marital status | |||
Married or in a steady relationship | 163 | 47.94 | |
Never married | 14 | 4.12 | |
Divorced | 87 | 25.59 | |
Widowed | 76 | 22.35 | |
Religion | |||
Adventist or other faiths | 8 | 2.35 | |
Catholic | 114 | 33.53 | |
Muslim | 88 | 25.88 | |
Protestant | 89 | 26.18 | |
Pentecost/Born-again | 41 | 12.06 | |
Highest Educational Level | |||
No education | 33 | 9.71 | |
Primary | 178 | 52.35 | |
Secondary | 92 | 27.06 | |
Tertiary/vocational | 25 | 7.35 | |
University | 12 | 3.53 | |
Nature of one鈥檚 occupation | 听 | 听 | |
Farming | 34 | 10 | |
Getting money from other people | 83 | 24.41 | |
Getting money from the spouse | 25 | 7.35 | |
Part-time work | 4 | 1.18 | |
Business | 113 | 33.24 | |
Working for someone else | 11 | 3.24 | |
Other | 70 | 20.59 | |
Comorbidities to diabetes mellitus | 听 | 听 | |
Hypertension | 111 | 56.35 | |
Hypertension with other illnesses | 63 | 31.98 | |
HIV | 9 | 4.57 | |
Other illnesses | 14 | 7.11 | |