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Characteristics of diabetic type 2 patients (n = 238). |
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| CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Sociodemographic characteristics |
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| Gender |
n (%) |
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| Female |
148 (62.2) |
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| Male |
90 (37.8) |
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| Educational level |
n (%) |
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| No education |
20 (8.4) |
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| Basic education |
169 (71.0) |
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| Intermediate level |
24 (10.1) |
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| Higher education |
25 (10.5) |
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| Marital status |
n (%) |
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| Singled |
13 (5.5) |
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| Married/Free union |
182 (76.5) |
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| Divorced/Widow (er) |
43 (18.1) |
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| Age |
mean (SD) |
58.7 (9.6) |
| Clinical characteristics |
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| Hypertension |
n (%) |
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| Yes |
150 (63.0) |
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| No |
88 (37.0) |
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| Hypoglycaemic prescription |
n (%) |
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| Monotherapy |
81 (34.0) |
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| Polytherapy |
157 (66.0) |
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| Duration of diabetes in years |
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| (since first diagnosis) |
median (quartiles) |
6 (3–12) |
| Fasting Glucose mmol/L |
median (quartiles) |
8.8 (6.9–11.9) |
| HbA1c % |
mean (SD) |
8.8 (2.3) |
| Adherence |
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| Treatment Adherence Behaviour |
n (%) |
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| Good |
41 (17.2) |
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| Poor |
197 (82.8) |
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| Combination of knowledge and attitude |
n (%) |
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| Good |
49 (20.6) |
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| Poor |
189 (79.4) |
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Martínez et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:164 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-164 |
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