Predictors of Diabetes Self-Care Practice Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Public Hospitals in Northeastern Ethiopia: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Tesfaye Molla Gulentie,1 Ebrahim Mohammed Yesuf,2 Taklo Simeneh Yazie,3 Belayneh Kefale4 1Department of Drug Distribution, Pharmaceutical Fund and Supply Agency, Samara, Ethiopia; 2Department of Public Health, Samara University, Samara, Ethiopia; 3Pharmacology Unit and Research Team, Department of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Amhara, Ethiopia; 4Clinical Pharmacy Unit and Research Team, Department of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Amhara, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Belayneh KefaleClinical Pharmacy Unit and Research Team, Department of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, PO Box 272, Debre Tabor, Amhara, EthiopiaTel +251 913805289/90Email bkefale5@gmail.comObjective: Even though life-threatening complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) minimize through self-care practice, extensive studies in northeast Ethiopia have been scarce about self-care practice and predictors. This study aimed to assess diabetes self-care predictors among patients with T2DM patients at Dubti and Assaita hospitals in northeastern Ethiopia.Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 403 patients with T2DM who followed-up in northeastern Ethiopia’s Dubti and Assaita hospitals. Data were analyzed using SPSS version-22.0 after the data were entered, sorted and cleaned. Multiple stepwise backward logistic regression analysis was done for a P value of < 0.25 to identify the independent predictors of self-care practice.Results: In the present study, males comprised 62% of the sex category. Overall, 63.8% of the study participants had adequate self-care practice, while 36.2% had inadequate self-care practice. Being younger age (AOR 2.27, 95% CI 1.27– 4.07, P= 0.005), monthly income status with low (AOR 3.08, 95% CI 1.08– 8.78, P= 0.04), average (AOR 2.43, 95% CI 1.15– 5.09, P= 0.02) and high (AOR 2.68, 95% CI 1.03– 6.99, P= 0.04)