Table 1.
Sociodemographic and medical characteristics of the participants (n = 161).
| Variables | n (%) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 98 (60.9) |
| Male | 63 (39.1) |
| Age (years) mean (SD); range | 49.01 (9.74); 20–60 |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 11 (6.8) |
| Married | 130 (80.7) |
| Widowed | 20 (12.5) |
| Educational status | |
| Primary school | 71 (44.1) |
| Secondary school | 14 (8.7) |
| High School | 39 (24.2) |
| University (undergraduate degree) | 37 (23.0) |
| Monthly income (New Turkish Lira-YTL) | |
| Up to 500 | 21(13.1) |
| 501–1000 | 57 (35.4) |
| 1001–1500 | 23 (14.3) |
| 1501–2000 | 35 (21.7) |
| Over 2001 | 25 (15.5) |
| Family Type | |
| Nuclear | 148 (91.9) |
| Extended | 13 (8.1) |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 23 (14.3) |
| Unemployed | 138 (85.7) |
| Type of settlement | |
| Flat | 128 (79.5) |
| Slums | 33 (20.5) |
| Type of Diabetes | |
| Type 1 | 39 (24.2) |
| Type 2 | 122 (75.8) |
| Duration of Diabetes (years) mean (SD); range | 10.17(7.2); 1–32 |