From: The relationship between anxiety, coping strategies and characteristics of patients with diabetes
Variables | n (%) |
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Gender | Â |
   Female | 98 (60.9) |
   Male | 63 (39.1) |
Age (years) mean (SD); range | 49.01 (9.74); 20–60 |
Marital status | Â |
   Single | 11 (6.8) |
   Married | 130 (80.7) |
   Widowed | 20 (12.5) |
Educational status | Â |
   Primary school | 71 (44.1) |
   Secondary school | 14 (8.7) |
   High School | 39 (24.2) |
   University (undergraduate degree) | 37 (23.0) |
Monthly income (New Turkish Lira-YTL) | Â |
   Up to 500 | 21(13.1) |
   501–1000 | 57 (35.4) |
   1001–1500 | 23 (14.3) |
   1501–2000 | 35 (21.7) |
   Over 2001 | 25 (15.5) |
Family Type | Â |
   Nuclear | 148 (91.9) |
   Extended | 13 (8.1) |
Employment status | Â |
   Employed | 23 (14.3) |
   Unemployed | 138 (85.7) |
Type of settlement | Â |
   Flat | 128 (79.5) |
   Slums | 33 (20.5) |
Type of Diabetes | Â |
   Type 1 | 39 (24.2) |
   Type 2 | 122 (75.8) |
Duration of Diabetes (years) mean (SD); range | 10.17(7.2); 1–32 |