Table 1.

Sociodemographic background and diabetes profile of the 17 participants

Characteristic	Value
Age range (years)	22–69
Sex, n
Female	10
Male	7
Race, n
Malays	8
Chinese	4
Indians	4
Nepalese	1
Education, n
Secondary	9
Tertiary	5
Primary	2
No formal education	1
Years living with diabetes (range)	2–30
Years using insulin (range)	1–14