Assessment Of Self Care Practices And Associated Factors Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients At Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Background: Diabetes is a general term for a group of metabolic disorder that affects the body’srnability to process and use sugar (glucose) for energy. The three most important forms of diabetesrnare type I, type II and gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes results from cell destruction usuallyrnleading to absolute insulin deficiency. Type 2 diabetes results from a progressive insulinrnsecretary defect on the background of insulin resistance. Diabetes is a serious public healthrnproblem that threatens the quality of life, the success of long term maintenance therapy forrndiabetes depends largely on patients’ adherence with self care practice.rnObjectives: To assess diabetes self care practices and associated factors among diabetic patientsrnin Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa.rnMethods: Institutional based cross sectional study design was utilized, 328 study subjects werernselected using systematic random sampling technique and the data was collected usingrninterviewer administered structured questionnaires, data was entered in to EPI INFO versionrn3.5.4 and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Frequencies and cross tab was computed. Bivariaternand multivariate logistic regression was computed to assess statistical association between thernoutcome variable using Odds Ratio, significant of statistical association was assured or testedrnusing 95% and p value (

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