Table 4.
Percentage of participants who indicated a specific source of information about diabetes mellitus by sex and personal diabetes status: men (n 1935) and women (n 2065) with and without diabetes mellitus; Austria, August/September 2009
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes mellitus (n 129) | No diabetes mellitus (n 1906)† | Total (n 1935) | Diabetes mellitus (n 165) | No diabetes mellitus (n 1900)† | Total (n 2065)‡ | |
| Consultation of a doctor | 90·7 | 66·6*** | 68·2 | 85·5 | 60·8*** | 62·8*** |
| Consultation of a pharmacy | 4·7 | 7·9 | 7·6 | 10·3 | 9·7 | 9·8* |
| Television | 13·2 | 16·3 | 16·1 | 12·7 | 16·4 | 16·1 |
| Radio | 2·3 | 5·3 | 5·1 | 1·8 | 5·7* | 5·4 |
| Newspaper, magazines | 27·1 | 23·5 | 23·7 | 26·7 | 28·3 | 28·1** |
| Internet | 20·2 | 38·0*** | 36·9 | 33·1 | 33·2 | 33·2* |
| Folders, brochures | 17·8 | 21·7 | 21·4 | 30·9 | 25·4 | 25·9** |
| Support groups | 3·9 | 1·9 | 2·0 | 8·5 | 2·7*** | 3·2* |
| Other | 1·6 | 7·6* | 7·2 | 12·1 | 9·5 | 9·7** |
*P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001.
†P value between participants with diabetes v. without diabetes.
‡P value between total men and women.