Dietary practice of participants with respect to the eleven variables measuring failure in practice, Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016, n=390.
| Variable | Type I Frequency (%) | Type II Frequency (%) | Total (%) |
| Forgot to plan meals ahead | |||
| Yes | 45 (21.0) | 34 (19.3) | 79 (20.3) |
| No | 169 (79.0) | 142 (80.7) | 311 (79.7) |
| Missed dietary plan yesterday | |||
| Yes | 47 (21.9) | 28 (15.9) | 75 (19.2) |
| No | 167 (78.1) | 148 (84.1) | 315 (80.8) |
| Not took dietary plan over the past 2 weeks | |||
| Yes | 51 (23.8) | 44 (25.0) | 95 (24.4) |
| No | 163 (76.2) | 132 (75.0) | 295 (75.6) |
| Forgot to comply dietary plan with everyday life | |||
| Yes | 64 (29.9) | 53 (30.1) | 117 (30) |
| No | 150 (70.1) | 123 (69.9) | 273 (70) |
| Stop to take dietary plan When feel under control of DM | |||
| Yes | 56 (26.2) | 63 (35.8) | 119 (30.5) |
| No | 158 (73.8) | 113 (64.2) | 271 (69.5) |
| Feel hassled about sticking to dietary plan? | |||
| Yes | 171 (79.9) | 146 (82.9) | 317 (81.3) |
| No | 43 (20.1) | 30 (17.1) | 73 (18.7) |
| Dietary deprivation | |||
| Yes | 181 (84.6) | 152 (86.4) | 333 (85.4) |
| No | 33 (15.4) | 24 (13.6) | 57 (14.6) |
| Rigid, instead of flexible eating to control DM | |||
| Yes | 153 (71.5) | 141 (80.1) | 294 (75.4) |
| No | 61 (28.5) | 35 (19.9) | 96 (24.6) |
| Forgot to eat fruits in food daily | |||
| Yes | 135 (63.1) | 120 (68.2) | 255 (65.4) |
| No | 79 (36.9%) | 56 (31.8%) | 135 (34.6%) |
| Forgot to eat vegetables daily | |||
| Yes | 88 (41.1) | 85 (48.3) | 175 (44.4) |
| No | 126 (58.9) | 91 (51.7) | 217 (55.6) |
| Forgot to cut down butter and fat intake | |||
| Yes | 91 (42.5) | 92 (52.3) | 183 (46.9) |
| No | 123 (57.5) | 84 (47.7) | 207 (53.1) |
DM, diabetes mellitus.