Table 1.
Characteristics of diabetic type 2 patients (n = 238).
| CHARACTERISTICS | ||
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||
| Gender | n (%) | |
| Female | 148 (62.2) | |
| Male | 90 (37.8) | |
| Educational level | n (%) | |
| No education | 20 (8.4) | |
| Basic education | 169 (71.0) | |
| Intermediate level | 24 (10.1) | |
| Higher education | 25 (10.5) | |
| Marital status | n (%) | |
| Singled | 13 (5.5) | |
| Married/Free union | 182 (76.5) | |
| Divorced/Widow (er) | 43 (18.1) | |
| Age | mean (SD) | 58.7 (9.6) |
| Clinical characteristics | ||
| Hypertension | n (%) | |
| Yes | 150 (63.0) | |
| No | 88 (37.0) | |
| Hypoglycaemic prescription | n (%) | |
| Monotherapy | 81 (34.0) | |
| Polytherapy | 157 (66.0) | |
| Duration of diabetes in years | ||
| (since first diagnosis) | median (quartiles) | 6 (3–12) |
| Fasting Glucose mmol/L | median (quartiles) | 8.8 (6.9–11.9) |
| HbA1c % | mean (SD) | 8.8 (2.3) |
| Adherence | ||
| Treatment Adherence Behaviour | n (%) | |
| Good | 41 (17.2) | |
| Poor | 197 (82.8) | |
| Combination of knowledge and attitude | n (%) | |
| Good | 49 (20.6) | |
| Poor | 189 (79.4) | |