Patients presenting at office | Care home or visited patients | All | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 882 | 132 | 1014 | |||
na | % | na | % | na | % | |
Gender | ||||||
- Male | 424 | 48 | 34 | 25 | 458 | 45 |
- Female | 453 | 52 | 98 | 75 | 551 | 55 |
Age (years) | ||||||
Mean (SD) | 67.3 (9.6) | 80.1 (8.6) | 69.0 (10.4) | |||
- 40 – 49 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 4 |
- 50 – 59 | 173 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 175 | 17 |
- 60 – 69 | 331 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 342 | 34 |
- 70 – 79 | 272 | 31 | 52 | 39 | 324 | 32 |
- 80 + | 65 | 7 | 66 | 50 | 131 | 13 |
Family status | ||||||
- single | 36 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 50 | 5 |
- married | 593 | 72 | 34 | 26 | 627 | 65 |
- widowed | 168 | 20 | 78 | 59 | 246 | 26 |
- divorced | 30 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 4 |
Time since diagnosis of Diabetes (years) | ||||||
< 1 year | 68 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 7 |
1 to 4 years | 246 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 270 | 27 |
5 to 10 years | 288 | 33 | 40 | 30 | 328 | 32 |
> 10 years | 246 | 28 | 59 | 44 | 305 | 30 |
unknown | 34 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 4 |
Diabetes medication | ||||||
- Diet only | 282 | 32 | 48 | 36 | 330 | 32 |
- Medication (Combinations possible) | ||||||
- Insulin | 194 | 22 | 50 | 38 | 244 | 25 |
- Sulfonylureas | 332 | 38 | 38 | 29 | 370 | 36 |
- Metformin | 304 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 318 | 31 |
Patient compliance (physicians' assessment) | ||||||
- very good | 164 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 175 | 18 |
- rather good | 403 | 46 | 48 | 38 | 451 | 45 |
- rather bad | 255 | 29 | 52 | 41 | 307 | 31 |
- very bad | 46 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 61 | 6 |