Table 3.
Self-care activities for diabetes.
| Number of Days | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food, n (%) | ||||||||
| How many of the last six days has followed a healthy diet? | 10 (3.3) | 4 (1.3) | 31 (10.2) | 59 (19.5) | 51 (16.8) | 76 (25.1) | 39 (12.9) | 33 (10.9) |
| On average, during the last month, how many days a week followed a dietary plan recommended by a health professional? | 58 (19.2) | 15 (5.0) | 26 (8.6) | 42 (13.9) | 38 (12.6) | 55 (18.2) | 38 (12.6) | 30 (9.9) |
| How many of the last seven days did you eat five or more fruit and/or vegetable doses (including soup)? | 9 (3.0) | 12 (4.0) | 46 (15.2) | 49 (16.2) | 36 (11.9) | 45 (14.9) | 32 (10.6) | 73 (24.2) |
| Specific food, n (%) | ||||||||
| How many of the last seven days did you eat red meat (cow, pig, goat)? | 18 (5.9) | 29 (9.6) | 90 (29.7) | 70 (23.1) | 40 (13.2) | 26 (8.6) | 20 (6.6) | 10 (3.3) |
| How many of the last seven days did you eat bread accompanied by the lunch meal or dinner? | 52 (17.6) | 40 (13.5) | 63 (21.3) | 42 (14.2) | 27 (9.1) | 17 (5.7) | 9 (3.0) | 46 (15.5) |
| How many of the last seven days they mixed, in the monitoring of the meal, two or more of the following foods: rice, potatoes, pasta, beans? | 32 (10.6) | 51 (16.8) | 86 (28.4) | 41 (13.5) | 37 (12.2) | 21 (6.9) | 12 (4.0) | 23 (7.6) |
| How many of the last seven days have you consumed more than one glass of any kind of alcohol to the main meals? | 145 (48.3) | 58 (19.3) | 34 (11.3) | 23 (7.7) | 17 (5.7) | 4 (1.3) | 5 (1.7) | 14 (4.7) |
| How many of the last seven days have you consumed any kind of alcohol out of meals? | 243 (80.5) | 22 (7.3) | 13 (4.3) | 10 (3.3) | 7 (2.3) | 0 | 1 (0.3) | 6 (2.0) |
| How many of the last seven days have eaten sweet foods like cakes, pastilles, jams, honey, marmalade or chocolate? | 62 (20.6) | 87 (28.9) | 93 (30.9) | 35 (11.6) | 14 (4.7) | 4 (1.3) | 2 (0.7) | 4 (1.3) |
| Physical activity, n (%) | ||||||||
| How many of the last seven days have practiced physical activity for at least 30 min? (Total minutes of continuous activity, including walking) | 94 (31.0) | 53 (17.5) | 50 (16.5) | 35 (11.6) | 17 (5.6) | 23 (7.6) | 12 (4.0) | 19 (6.3) |
| How many of the last seven days participated in a specific exercise session (such as swimming, walking, cycling) beyond the physical activity you do at home or as part of your work? | 187 (61.9) | 42 (13.9) | 17 (5.6) | 17 (5.6) | 8 (2.6) | 11 (3.6) | 9 (3.0) | 11 (3.6) |
| Blood glucose monitoring, n (%) | ||||||||
| How many of the last seven days has it evaluated blood sugar? | 42 (14.0) | 24 (8.0) | 23 (7.6) | 23 (7.6) | 19 (6.3) | 23 (7.6) | 24 (8.0) | 123 (40.9) |
| How many days a week has you recommended to evaluate blood sugar by your doctor, nurse or pharmacist? | 45 (15.1) | 25 (8.4) | 28 (9.4) | 25 (8.4) | 12 (4.0) | 18 (6.0) | 23 (7.7) | 123 (41.1) |
| Feet care, n (%) | ||||||||
| How many of the last seven days have you examined your feet? | 23 (7.6) | 8 (2.6) | 8 (2.6) | 17 (5.6) | 19 (6.3) | 28 (9.2) | 51 (16.8) | 149 (49.2) |
| How many of the last seven days have you washed your feet? | 1 (0.3) | 3 (1.0) | 2 (0.7) | 7 (2.3) | 7 (2.3) | 16 (5.3) | 46 (15.2) | 221 (72.9) |
| How many of the last seven days did the spaces have dried up between the toes after washing them? | 5 (1.7) | 3 (1.0) | 1 (0.3) | 9 (3.0) | 8 (2.6) | 13 (4.3) | 39 (12.9) | 225 (74.3) |