Quality of Chronic Disease (Diabetes & Hypertension) Care in Health Care Facilities in High Disease Burden Areas in Sidama Region: Cross-Sectional Study

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Patients with Diabetes/Hypertension Attending Medical Follow-Up Clinics in Sidama Region High Disease Burden Area, Ethiopia, May 1 to August 30/2022 (N = 844)

Variables		Frequency	Percentage
Age in years	Mean age ± SD	47.99 ± 15.26
Sex	Male	523	62.0
	Female	321	38.0
Marital status	Married	700	82.9
	Single	77	9.1
	Widowed	33	3.9
	Divorced/separated	34	4.0
Educational status	Secondary not completed	332	39.3
	Unable to write and read	266	31.5
	Secondary completed	99	11.7
	Certificate/diploma	88	10.4
	Tertiary completed	59	7.0
Occupation	Farmer	296	35.1
	Merchant	194	23.0
	Government Employee	149	17.7
	Others specify	123	14.6
	House wife	83	9.8
	Unemployed	55	6.5
	Students	22	2.6
	Retired	20	2.4
	Others	25	2.9
Residence	Rural	433	51.3
	Urban	411	48.7
Income	Low income	633	75.0
	Lower middle income	201	23.8
	Upper middle income	8	0.9
	High income	2	0.2

Table 2 Clinical and Behavioral Factors of Patients with Diabetes/Hypertension Attending Medical Follow-Up Clinics in Sidama Region High Disease Burden Area, Ethiopia, May 1/2022 to August 30/2022 (N = 844)

Variables (N=844)		Frequency	Percent
Type of disease diagnosis	Both Diabetes and Hypertension	193	22.9
	Diabetes Mellitus	419	49.6
	Hypertension	232	27.5
Comorbidity other than hypertension and or diabetes mellitus	No	677	80.2
	Yes	167	19.8
Current alcohol use	No	729	86.4
	Yes	115	13.6
Hx of readmission to hospital	No	390	46.2
	Yes	454	53.8
BMI	Underweight	73	8.6
	Health weight	473	56.0
	Over weight	218	25.8
	Obese	66	7.8
Eye finding	Normal	620	73.5
	Complications sees	224	26.5
Findings on the foot	No foot finding	700	82.9
	Oedematous leg	46	5.5
	Weakness of lower extremity	13	1.5
	Foot ulcer	60	7.1
	Pain	25	3.0
Respiratory findings	No finding	801	94.9
	Problem of breathing pattern or SOB	43	5.1
Cardiovascular findings	No cardiac finding	695	82.3
	Murmurs, Arrhythmias or Heart failure or tachycardia	149	17.7
Neurologic finding	No	827	98.0
	Yes	17	2.0
Serum creatinine	No record	185	21.9
	Low	171	20.3
	Normal serum creatinine level	351	41.6
	High serum creatinine	135	16.0
	Outlier	2	0.2
FBS measure	Normal	268	31.8
	High or lower	511	60.5
	Not measures	65	7.7
Physical need	No unmet need	271	32.1
	Physical need unmet	573	67.9
Health system information need	Met	456	54.0
	Unmet	388	46.0
Rx side effect	No	643	76.2
	Yes	201	23.8
Additional salt use	No	493	58.4
	Yes	351	41.6
Blood pressure	Mean DBP(SD)	82.6 ±13.39 mmHg
	Mean SBP(SD)	129.5 ±19.56 mmHg
Triglyceride N 257		121.79 ± 20.50 mg/dl
LDL N = 251		98.72 ± 22.57 mg/dl
Mean Waist circumference (SD)		79.11 ± 10.26 cm
Mean Hip circumference (SD)		87.42 ± 11.54 cm
Mean FBS(SD) N = 777		81.14 ± 9.81mg/dl

Figure 1 Quality of care for patients with diabetes/hypertension attending medical follow-up clinics in Sidama region high disease burden area, Ethiopia, May 1/2022 to August 30/2022.

Table 3 Factors Associated with Quality of Care Among Patients with Diabetes/Hypertension Attending Medical Follow-Up Clinics in Sidama Region High Disease Burden Area, Ethiopia, May 1 to August 30/2022

Variables		Quality of care		COR(CI)	AOR(CI)
		Good	Poor
Living with	Partner	362	338	1
	Alone	91	53	1.603 (1.108, 2.32)	1.57 (1.014, 2.431)
FBG	Normal	210	58	1
	High/low	234	278	0.233 (0.166, 0.377)	0.115 (0.074, 0.179)
	Not measured	9	58	0.044 (0.021, 0.95)	0.051 (0.02, 0.12)
Educational status	Higher education	89	58	1.512 (1.004, 2.275)
	2^ry education	230	201	1.127 (0.83, 1.531)
	No formal Education	132	134	1
Occupation	Farmer	146	150	1
	Professional or office	94	62	1.558 (1.05, 2.31)	1.92 (1.21, 3.05)
	Merchant	109	85	1.317 (0.916, 1.896)	1.36 (0.891, 2.081)
	Unemployed	41	34	1.239 (0.745, 2.06)	1.118 (0.622, 2.009)
	Others	63	60	1.079 (0.701, 1.643)	1.08 (0.666, 1.750)
BMI	Normal	265	208	1
	Abnormal	188	183	0.806 (0.614, 1.059)
Type of chronic disease	Diabetes	258	161	1
	Hypertension	103	129	0.498 (0.360, 0.690)	0.249 (0.152, 0.409)
	Both DM & Hypertension	92	101	0.568 (0.403, 0.802)	0.438 (0.296, 0.650)
Creatinine measure	Normal value	228	123	1
	Not normal value	225	268	0.453 (0.342, 0.600)	0.319 (0.229, 0.444)
Recurrence fear	Yes	170	124	1.293 (0.972, 1.721)
	No	283	267	1
Rx side effect	No	344	299		1
	Yes	109	92		0.707 (0.488, 1.025)

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