Table 1 Patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics (N = 260)
Characteristics | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years), mean ± SD (range) | 48.3 ± 11.4 (25–80) |
 Less than 40 years | 65 (25.0%) |
 40–59 | 142 (54.6%) |
 60+ | 53 (20.4%) |
Gender | |
 Female | 147 (56.5%) |
 Male | 113 (43.5%) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 10 (3.8%) |
 Married | 197 (75.8%) |
 Divorced/ widow | 53 (20.4%) |
Education level | |
 Illiterate | 55 (21.2%) |
 Less than secondary | 8 (3.1%) |
 Secondary | 158 (60.8%) |
 University and above | 39 (15.0%) |
Work status | |
 Not Employed/ Housewives | 111 (42.7%) |
 Employed/Business owners/Freelancers | 120 (46.1%) |
 Retired | 29 (11.2%) |
Duration of diabetes, mean ± SD (range) | 7.8 ± 5.5 (1–30) |
 Less than 5 years | 85 (32.7%) |
 5–10 years | 111 (42.7%) |
 More than 10 years | 64 (24.6%) |
Type of antidiabetic medications | |
 Oral hypoglycemics | 171 (65.8%) |
 Insulin-containing regimens | 89 (34.2%) |
Number of diabetes-related complications | |
 None | 100 (38.5%) |
 Single | 70 (26.9%) |
 Two or more | 90 (34.6%) |
Type of diabetes-related complications | |
 Retinopathy | 99 (38.1%) |
 Nephropathy | 63 (24.2%) |
 Cardiovascular | 3 (1.2%) |
 Neuropathy | 132 (50.8%) |
 Foot problems | 79 (30.4%) |
 Others | 18 (6.9%) |
Other chronic comorbidities | |
 Obesity | 85 (32.7%) |
 Hypertension | 54 (20.8%) |
 Dyslipidemia | 21 (8.1%) |
HbA1c %, mean ± SD (range) | 7.8% ± 0.68% (6.0–10.5%) |
Glycemic control | |
 Controlled | 26 (10.0%) |
 Uncontrolled | 234 (90.0%) |