Table 2. Relevant Characteristics, Management Plan, and Adherence of the Study Participants.

ADLs: activities of daily living

*Significant at p<0.05

		Hospital clinic care		Home healthcare		p-value
		n=128	%	n=128	%
Functional assessment	Can do ADLs fully	74	57.8	8	6.3	<0.001*
	Can do ADLs partially/with assistance	46	35.9	88	68.8
	Dependent	8	6.3	32	25
Length of follow-up	Less than 1 month	1	0.8	1	0.8	<0.001*
	1-2 months	0	0	12	9.4
	3-6 months	2	1.6	6	4.7
	7 months-1 year	2	1.6	4	3.1
	2-3 years	6	4.7	26	20.3
	4-7 years	17	13.3	55	43
	8-10 years	10	7.8	12	9.4
	More than 10 years	90	70.3	12	9.4
Cognitive function	Well-oriented	116	90.6	78	60.9	<0.001*
	Not fully oriented	6	4.7	37	28.9
	Not oriented/demented	6	4.7	13	10.2
Caregiver	Wife	0	0	13	10.2	<0.001*
	Husband	0	0	3	2.3
	Daughter	9	7	33	25.8
	Son	9	7	27	21.1
	Home nurse	0	0	2	1.6
	Caregiver	27	21.1	36	28.1
	Independent	83	64.8	14	10.9
Adherence to medication	Yes	85	66.4	64	50	0.029*
	Sometimes (on and off)	37	28.9	55	43
	No	6	4.7	9	7
Adherence to the diet plan	Yes	23	18	42	32.8	0.014*
	Sometimes (on and off)	87	68	76	59.4
	No	18	14.1	10	7.8
Types of medications	No medication	2	1.6	6	4.7	<0.001*
	Oral antidiabetic drugs only	64	50	49	38.3
	Insulin only	4	3.1	29	22.7
	Both oral and insulin	58	45.3	44	34.4
Activity	Bedfast	3	2.3	23	18	<0.001*
	Chair fast	13	10.2	45	35.2
	Walks frequently	5	3.9	14	10.9
	Walks occasionally with assistance	31	24.2	44	34.4
	No limitation to mobility	76	59.4	2	1.6
Source of nutrition	Oral feeding independently	122	95.3	78	60.9	<0.001*
	Oral feeding with assistance	4	3.1	46	35.9
	Nasogastric tube	1	0.8	4	3.1
	Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube	1	0.8	0	0
Nutritional status	Adequate	110	85.9	84	65.6	<0.001*
	Probably inadequate	12	9.4	44	34.4
	Very poor	6	4.7	0	0
On supplemented formula	Yes	5	3.9	26	20.3	<0.001*
	No	123	96.1	102	79.7