Level of Social Support and Associated Factors Among Diabetic Patients in Bahir Dar City Public Hospitals, Amhara Regional State, North West Ethiopia, 2023

Supplementary: English version of the questioner PART 1- Questions Related to Socio-economic Characteristics Identification No.__________________ No. Question circle the appropriate option 100 Gender of the respondent? 1. Male 2. Female 101 What is the age of the respondent? Age in years _______ (yy) 102 Residence 1. Urban 2. Rural 103 What is the educational status of the respondent? 1. no formal education 2. Grade1-8 3. Grade 9-12 4. College & above

104 monthly income of the Respondent _______ ETB 105 marital status 1. Married 2. Single 3. Widowed 4. Divorced 106 Do have health insurance 1. Yes 2. no

107 Occupation 1.Private business 2.Government employee 3.Private employee 4.other

PART 4: Clinical parameter 200 Types of diabetes 1. Type 1 2. Type 2 201 Type of current diabetic treatment 1. Insulin 2. Oral drug 3. Both 202 Duration of DM after first diagnosis. 1. < 5 years 3. >10years 2. 5-10 years 203 Comorbid status 1.Yes if specify ----------- 2.no 204 Blood glucose level 1______,2_________,3¬¬_______mg/dl

Part 3 Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3) S.no Question Response 300 How many people are so close to you that you can count on them if you have great personal problems? 1 'none' 2 '1-2' 3 '3-5' 4 '5+' 301 How much interest and concern do people show in what you do? 1 'none' 2 'little' 3 'uncertain' 4 'some' 5 'a lot' 302 How easy is it to get practical help from neighbors if you should need 1 'very difficult' 2 'difficult' 3 'possible' 4 easy 5 very easy

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Key information

Conditions

Social Support and Associated Factors Among Diabetic Patients Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Bahir Dar city public hospitals

Bahir Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

The study population was a diabetic patient with a follow-up who fulfilled the eligibility criteria -

Exclusion criteria

Those patients who are critically ill and those less than 18 years old was excluded because they couldn't provide adequate information related to the study.

Treatment and study plan

Social support

Other

After adopting the questioner from Oslo-3 -item social support scale, it was translated in to local language (Amharic) and then back to English by another language expert. The data was collected through face-to-face interviews with three BSc nurses. It was supervised by one MSc nurse

Primary outcomes

Level of social support and associated factors among diabetic patients in Bahir Dar city public hospitals, Amhara regional state, North West Ethiopia, 2023.

Time frame: March 20 to April 20, 2023 GC

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Debre Berhan University

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Registry information

Official study title

Level of Social Support and Associated Factors Among Diabetic Patients in Bahir Dar City Public Hospitals

Important dates

Study start: 2025
Primary completion: 2025
Study completion: 2025
First posted: Jun 8, 2025
Registry last updated: Jun 8, 2025

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