Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, clinical conditions and participants’ preferences
Variables | Overall (n = 198) |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Sociodemographic characteristics | |
Mean age (year) ± SD | 59.90 ± 11.06 |
Age* | |
Less than 56 | 70 (35) |
More than 56 | 128 (65) |
Sex | |
Male | 84 (43) |
Female | 114 (57) |
Education level | |
None | 3 (2) |
Primary school | 33 (16) |
Junior high school | 42 (21) |
Senior high school | 83 (42) |
University degree | 37 (19) |
Occupation | |
Employed | 64 (32) |
Retired | 53 (27) |
Housewife | 80 (41) |
Caregiver | |
No | 125 (63) |
Yes | 73 (37) |
Clinical conditions | |
Type of therapy | |
Diet or no OAD or insulin in the R/** | 20 (10) |
OAD (mono and combinations) | 143 (72) |
Insulin (mono and OAD combinations) | 35 (12) |
Complications and comorbidities | |
None | 74 (38) |
Yes | 103 (52) |
Comorbiditiesa | 14 (7) |
Complications and comorbiditiesb | 7 (3) |
Types of complications | |
No | 74 (38) |
Microvascular | 18 (9) |
Macrovascular | 78 (40) |
Micro & macrovascular | 7 (3) |
Number of T2DM complications | |
No | 74 (38) |
One complication | 76 (39) |
Two or more | 27 (13) |