Table 2 Vision-related characteristics of participants at Dessie town Hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 322)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Have trouble in adjusting light (night blindness) | Yes | 46 | 14.3 |
No | 276 | 85.7 | |
Regular follow-up | Yes | 264 | 82 |
No | 58 | 18 | |
Duration of diabetes (years) | Newly diagnosed | 24 | 7.5 |
≤5 | 173 | 53.7 | |
> 5 up to 24 | 125 | 25.8 | |
Treatment (n = 296) | OHA without insulin | 201 | 67.9 |
Both of OHA and insulin | 73 | 24.7 | |
Insulin only | 22 | 7.4 | |
Regular exercise | Good* | 123 | 38.2 |
Poor* | 199 | 61.8 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | Underweight | 5 | 1.5 |
Normal | 159 | 49.4 | |
Overweight | 121 | 37.6 | |
Obese | 37 | 11.5 | |
Comorbid hypertension | Yes | 98 | 30.4 |
No | 224 | 69.6 | |
Glycemic control | Good | 135 | 41.9 |
Poor | 187 | 58.1 |