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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: Factors associated with diabetes-related distress among Asian patients with poorly controlled type-2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study in primary care

 

Frequency

No DRD b

DRD b

Crude OR (95% CI)

p-value

Total (%)

356 (100.0)

294 (82.6)

62 (17.4)

-

-

Age, mean (SDa)

58.6 (9.5)

59.4 (9.2)

55.2 (9.8)

-

0.002

Gender

 Male

177 (49.7)

152 (85.9)

25 (14.1)

1

-

 Female

179 (50.3)

142 (79.3)

37 (20.7)

1.58 (0.91–2.76)

0.105

Ethnicity

 Chinese

221 (62.1)

186 (84.2)

35 (15.8)

1

-

 Malay

80 (22.5)

63 (78.8)

17 (21.3)

1.33 (0.76–2.31)

0.316

 Indian

48 (13.5)

38 (79.2)

10 (20.8)

 Others

7 (2.0)

7 (100)

0 (0)

Marital Status

 Married

301 (84.6)

249 (82.7)

52 (17.3)

0.94 (0.45–1.98)

0.871

 Not married

55 (15.4)

45 (81.8)

10 (18.2)

1

-

Education

 Primary and below

115 (32.3)

98 (85.2)

17 (14.8)

0.76 (0.41–1.39)

0.367

 Secondary and above

241 (67.7)

196 (81.3)

45 (18.7)

1

-

Employment Status

 Employed

212 (59.6)

174 (82.1)

38 (17.9)

1.09 (0.62–1.91)

0.759

 Unemployed/ Retired

144 (40.4)

120 (83.3)

24 (16.7)

1

-

Any Financial Assistance c

 Yes

152 (42.7)

124 (81.6)

28 (18.4)

1.13 (0.65–1.96)

0.666

 No

204 (57.3)

170 (83.3)

34 (16.7)

1

-

  1. a Standard deviation
  2. b PAID score < 40 indicates no distress, ≥ 40 indicates distress
  3. c Community Health Assist Scheme, Pioneer Generation Package, Medifund