Table 4.
Patient response and subgroup analysis of practice 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) | ||||
| (19) Last checked blood sugar as advised | 149 (64.2) | 128 (63) | 21 (72.4) | 0.43 | 91 (63.6) | 58 (65.1) | 0.92 | 70 (61.9) | 79 (66.3) | 0.5 |
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| (20) Last checked blood pressure as advised | 184 (79.3) | 160 (78.8) | 24 (82.7) | 0.80 | 111 (77.6) | 73 (82.0) | 0.5 | 92 (81.4) | 92 (77.3) | 0.5 |
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| (21) Last gone for eye checkup as advised | 190 (81.9) | 166 (81.7) | 24 (82.7) | 1 | 115 (80.4) | 75 (84.2) | 0.57 | 96 (84.9) | 94 (78.9) | 0.3 |
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| (22) Medicines for DM being taken regularly | 210 (90.5) | 183 (90.1) | 27 (93.1) | 0.8 | 127 (88.8) | 83 (93.2) | 0.37 | 109 (96.4) | 101 (84.8) | 0.005∗ |
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| (23) Foot care practiced regularly | 129 (55.6) | 110 (54.1) | 19 (65.5) | 0.3 | 72 (50.3) | 57 (64.0) | 0.05∗ | 68 (60.1) | 61 (51.2) | 0.21 |
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| (24) Planned and controlled diet is followed | 177 (76.3) | 155 (76.3) | 22 (75.8) | 1 | 105 (73.4) | 72 (80.8) | 0.25 | 86 (76.1) | 91 (76.4) | 1 |
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| (25) Exercise being done regularly | 125 (53.9) | 109 (53.6) | 16 (55.1) | 1 | 71 (49.6) | 54 (60.6) | 0.1 | 60 (53.0) | 65 (54.6) | 0.9 |
∗Statistically significant.