Magnitude Of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy And Associated Factors Among Adult Diabetic Patients At Public Hospitals In West Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: Diabetes chronic complications are major causes of morbidity and mortality, affect quality of life among which diabetic peripheral neuropathy most common one. Objective: To assess magnitude of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and associated factors among adult diabetic patients at public hospital in west Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted at West shewa on 390 diabetic patients. Data were collected using pretested structured questionnaire, coded and entered in to Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Both bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression analysis was used to determine association between dependent variable and predictor variable at p-value < 0.25 were entered to multivariable logistic regression analysis and P-value <0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. Results: The mean age of the participants was 46.45±15.6 years. Magnitude of diabetic peripheral neuropathy was 49.2% among study participants. According to the multivariate binary logistic regression age above 50 years [AOR = 2.93; 95% CI: 1.23, 6.95], family history of diabetes mellitus [AOR = 1.66; 95% CI: 1.09, 2.50], poor glycemic control [AOR= 1.82; 1.10, 2.99] were associated factors of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Conclusion: Half of the diabetic patients present with Diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Age of participants with a family history of diabetes mellitus, statin treatment, and poor controlled glycemia were associated factors with Diabetic peripheral neuropathy Recommendation: Thus, early detection and appropriate interventions are important among participants aged above 50 years with family history of diabetes mellitus, and poor controlled glycemia.