Table 3. Variation of diabetic retinopathy awareness score among patients with diabetes based on specific characteristics (N = 253).

*A p-value <0.05 is statistically significant

One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was used

Basic characteristics		Mean DR awareness score (±SD)		Table value	p-value
Current occupation	Professional	33.16 (±4.57)		9.53	<0.001*
	Semi-professional, skilled, unskilled	30.32 (±4.01)
	Unemployed, retired	29.25 (±4.25)
Co-morbidities	None	29.38 (±5.09)		3.21	0.042*
	Hypertension	31.41 (±2.48)
	Other microvascular complications of diabetes (neuropathy, nephropathy)	30.61 (±4.06)
Duration of diabetes (in years)	0-10	30.18 (±4.31)		2.52	0.08
	20-Nov	31.37 (±3.78)
	>20	28.94 (±5.14)
Sources of information on diabetic retinopathy	Referring physician	31.15 (±3.22)	104.48		<0.001*
	Online and offline media, friends and family	32.72 (±3.48)
	Not heard about diabetic retinopathy at all	22.87 (±2.51)