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. 2012 Aug 29;16(11):2032–2039. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012003886

Table 3.

Rating of restrictions due to diabetes mellitus in participants by subjective level of knowledge about diabetes mellitus: men (n 1935) and women (n 2065) with and without diabetes mellitus; Austria, August/September 2009

Men with diabetes (n 127) Women with diabetes (n 165) Men without diabetes (n 1755) Women without diabetes (n 1830)
‘Very bad’ or ‘rather bad’ ‘Very good’ or ‘rather good’ P ‘Very bad’ or ‘rather bad’ ‘Very good’ or ‘rather good’ P ‘Very bad’ or ‘rather bad’ ‘Very good’ or ‘rather good’ P ‘Very bad’ or ‘rather bad’ ‘Very good’ or ‘rather good’ P
Restrictions in diet 1·81 2·03 0·181 1·77 2·19 0·019 1·75 1·78 0·430 1·67 1·79 <0·001
Restrictions in physical capacity 2·21 2·78 0·003 2·34 2·69 0·064 2·37 2·44 0·070 2·47 2·58 0·009
Restrictions in mental resilience 2·24 2·99 <0·001 2·65 2·91 0·198 2·61 2·65 0·343 2·64 2·65 0·906
Restrictions in mobility 2·56 3·03 0·033 2·60 2·99 0·046 2·80 2·84 0·355 2·80 2·88 0·059
Restrictions in possibilities to participate in sports 2·80 3·12 0·113 2·78 3·23 0·016 2·81 2·95 <0·001 2·90 2·98 0·017
Restrictions in coping with distress 2·40 2·88 0·020 2·39 2·78 0·039 2·60 2·67 0·031 2·65 2·68 0·453

Mean value on a 4-point Likert scale between 1 = ‘very strong’ and 4 = ‘very little’.