Table 2.
Patient response and subgroup analysis of knowledge questions.
| Question | Response | DM duration | Education | DR status | ||||||
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| n (%) | <20 y | ≥20 y | p | <grad | ≥grad | p | Yes | No | p | |
| 232 (100) | 203 (87.5) | 29 (12.5) | 143 (61.6) | 89 (38.4) | 113 (48.7) | 119 (51.3) | ||||
| (1) DM is a condition where body sugar level is high | 194 (83.6) | 171 (84.2) | 23 (79) | 0.68 | 118 (82.5) | 76 (85.39) | 0.69 | 95 (84) | 99 (83.1) | 0.99 |
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| (2) DM control requires medicine & life style changes | 192 (82.8) | 166 (81.7) | 26 (89.6) | 0.43 | 110 (76.9) | 82 (92.13) | 0.00 | 93 (82.3) | 99 (83.19) | 0.99 |
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| (3) Required life style changes in DM patient are: weight reduction/stop smoking/stop alcohol/careful diet | 157 (67.7) | 136 (66.6) | 21 (72.4) | 0.7 | 92 (64.3) | 65 (73.03) | 0.21 | 76 (67.2) | 81 (68.0) | 1 |
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| (4) Most accurate method of DM monitoring is by checking blood sugar level | 178 (76.7) | 156 (76.8) | 22 (75.8) | 0.1 | 108 (75.5) | 70 (78.6) | 0.69 | 88 (77.8) | 90 (75.6) | 0.80 |
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| (5) DM complication(s) is/are: eye, kidney, heart, foot | 177 (76.3) | 157 (77.33) | 20 (68.9) | 0.44 | 101 (70.6) | 76 (85.3) | 0.01∗ | 83 (73.4) | 94 (78.9) | 0.40 |
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| (6) DR is a complication affecting the eye | 152 (65.5) | 130 (64) | 22 (75) | 0.29 | 84 (58.7) | 68 (76.8) | 0.00 | 74 (65.4) | 78 (65.5) | 1 |
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| (7) DR affect the following eye parts: lens, retina, blood vessels | 59 (25.4) | 49 (24.13) | 10 (34.4) | 0.33 | 32 (22.3) | 27 (30.3) | 0.23 | 28 (24.7) | 31 (26.0) | 0.94 |
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| (8) Risk of eye complication is more with: longer duration of DM/poor blood sugar control/increased blood pressure | 86 (37.1) | 73 (35.9) | 13 (44.8) | 0.47 | 46 (32.16) | 40 (44.9) | 0.06∗ | 41 (36.2) | 45 (37.8) | 0.91 |
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| (9) Treatment options of eye complications of DM are: laser/medical therapy/surgery | 69 (29.7) | 57 (28.07) | 12 (41.37) | 0.21 | 39 (27.2) | 30 (33.7) | 0.37 | 31 (27.4) | 38 (31.9) | 0.54 |
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| (10) Detected on time, vision loss due to DR is treatable. | 141 (61.2) | 120 (59.11) | 21 (72.4) | 0.24 | 83 (58.64) | 58 (65.1) | 0.34 | 69 (61.0) | 72 (60.5) | 1 |
∗Statistically significant or tend to be significant.