Mengiste Muluken, Ahmed Mohammedjud Hassen, Bogale Adina, Yilma Tesfahun
Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, Mettu University, Metu Zuria, Ethiopia.
Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2021 May 17;14:2155-2166. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S289905. eCollection 2021.
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. The burden of diabetes mellitus is increasing rapidly in developing countries, including Ethiopia. Diabetes information seeking is essential for patients with diabetes to better manage and control their diabetes. However, information seeking about disease prevention and treatment is low in developing countries.
This study aims to assess the diabetes information-seeking behavior and its associated factors among patients with diabetes in Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia.
An institution-based cross-sectional quantitative study supplemented with a qualitative study was conducted among 423 subjects from March to April 2019. A structured questionnaire and in-depth interview were used to collect the required data from the study subjects. The data were entered using Epi Info version 7.2.2. Data processing and analysis were conducted using SPSS version 23. Descriptive statistics and a binary logistic regression model were used for the quantitative study, and thematic content analysis was used for the qualitative study. The significance test cut-off value for bivariate analysis was <0.2 and the cut-off value for multivariate analysis was <0.05. Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were used to interpret the results.
Out of 423 study participants, only 41.6% of patients with diabetes were diabetes information seekers. After adjusting all other factors in the final model, educational status, place of residence, comorbidity and health literacy were significantly associated with diabetes information seeking.
This study result indicates that the overall prevalence of information seeking among patients with diabetes toward diabetes was low. Having higher educational status, urban place of residence, the presence of comorbidity and adequate health literacy level increased the likelihood of diabetes information-seeking behavior among patients with diabetes.
糖尿病是世界上最常见的慢性病之一。在包括埃塞俄比亚在内的发展中国家，糖尿病负担正在迅速增加。对于糖尿病患者而言，寻求糖尿病相关信息对于更好地管理和控制其糖尿病至关重要。然而，在发展中国家，关于疾病预防和治疗的信息寻求行为较少。
本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚西北部阿姆哈拉州德布雷马尔科斯转诊医院糖尿病患者的糖尿病信息寻求行为及其相关因素。
2019年3月至4月，对423名受试者进行了一项基于机构的横断面定量研究，并辅以定性研究。使用结构化问卷和深入访谈从研究对象中收集所需数据。数据使用Epi Info 7.2.2版本录入。数据处理和分析使用SPSS 23版本。定量研究采用描述性统计和二元逻辑回归模型，定性研究采用主题内容分析。双变量分析的显著性检验临界值为<0.2，多变量分析的临界值为<0.05。使用95%置信区间的调整比值比来解释结果。
在423名研究参与者中，只有41.6%的糖尿病患者寻求糖尿病相关信息。在最终模型中对所有其他因素进行调整后，教育程度、居住地点、合并症和健康素养与糖尿病信息寻求行为显著相关。
本研究结果表明，糖尿病患者中寻求糖尿病相关信息的总体患病率较低。较高的教育程度、城市居住地点、合并症的存在以及足够的健康素养水平增加了糖尿病患者寻求糖尿病信息行为的可能性。
