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Table 1 Characteristics of sample

From: Validation of living with chronic illness scale in a type 2 diabetes mellitus population

Sociodemographic characteristics

Total sample

N = 582

Subsample Spain

N = 248

Subsample Colombia

N = 334

P value

Female (%)

306 (52.6)

95 (38.3)

211 (63.2)

 < 0.001a

Marital Status (%)

Single

87 (15.0)

34 (13.9)

53 (15.9)

 < 0.001a

Married

333 (57.5)

165 (67.3)

168 (50.3)

 

Widower

93 (16.1)

31 (12.7)

62 (18.6)

 

Other

66 (11.4)

15 (6.1)

51 (15.3)

 

Occupation (%)

   

 < 0.001a

Active

174 (29.9)

79 (32.0)

95 (28.4)

 

Homemaker

159 (27.4)

29 (11.7)

130 (38.9)

 

Retired

121 (20.8)

116 (47.0)

5 (1.5)

 

Other

    
 

127 (21.9)

23 (9.3)

104 (31.1)

 

Education (%)

   

0.577a

None

11 (1.9)

3 (1.2)

8 (2.4)

 

Primary

350 (60.3)

144 (58.5)

206 (61.7)

 

High school

134 (23.1)

61 (24.8)

73 (21.9)

 

University

85 (14.7)

38 (15.4)

47 (14.1)

 

Insulin therapy (%)

268 (51.5)

69 (37.1)

199 (59.6)

 < 0.001a

Age (mean ± SD)

64.15 (12.18)

65.27 (11.32)

63.32 (12,74)

0.056b

Time since diagnosis*

10.25 (9.51)

11.49 (10.54)

9.34 (8.56)

0.007 b

Time with insulin therapy*

4.04 (7.81)

9.45 (12.16)

2.92 (6.01)

 < 0.001b

  1. SD standar desviation
  2. P value between subsamples
  3. * Years
  4. a Chi test
  5. b Mann–Whitney-Wilcoxon test