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Table 1 Interview participants’ characteristics (N = 16)

From: Type 2 diabetes patients’ views on prevention of hypoglycaemia – a mixed methods study investigating self-management issues and self-identified causes of hypoglycaemia

Sex

 Female

10

 Male

6

Age group (years)

  < 60

2

 60–70

6

 70–80

4

  ≥ 80

4

Level of education

 Primary school

2

 Secondary school

7

 Vocational education

4

 Higher education

3

Level of health literacy

 Low

2

 Medium

0

 High

14

Use of alcohol

 Yes

11

 No

5

Smoking

 Yes

1

 No

15

Diabetes duration (years)

  < 1

0

 1–5

3

 5–10

0

  > 10

13

Last hypoglycaemic event

  < 1 week ago

8

 1–2 weeks ago

1

 2–4 weeks ago

1

  > 1 month ago

6

Glucose lowering medication

 Insulin

4

 Insulin + metformin

7

 Insulin + sulfonylurea

1

 Insulin + GLP-1

1

 Insulin + sulfonylurea + metformin

1

 Sulfonylurea

1

 Sulfonylurea + metformin

1

Glucose monitoring

 Daily

9

 Weekly

3

 Rarely

3

 Never

1