Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.
| Variables | Total (n = 369) |
North PHC (n = 109) |
Gaza PHC (n = 108) |
Middle PHC (n = 65) |
South PHC (n = 87) |
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| M (SD) | n (%) | M (SD) | n (%) | M (SD) | n (%) | M (SD) | n (%) | M (SD) | n (%) | |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 163 (44.2) | 46 (42.2) | 45 (41.7) | 29 (44.6) | 40 (46) | |||||
| Female | 206 (55.8) | 63 (57.8) | 63 (58.3) | 36 (55.4) | 47 (54) | |||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Single | 28 (7.3) | 11 (10) | 11 (10.2) | 5 (7.6) | 1 (1.1) | |||||
| Married | 341 (92.7) | 98 (89.9) | 97 (89.8) | 60 (92.3) | 86 (98.9) | |||||
| Hospital admission | ||||||||||
| Yes | 48 (13) | 4 (3.7) | 9 (8.3) | 12 (18.5) | 23 (26.4) | |||||
| No | 321 (87) | 105 (96.3) | 99 (91.7) | 53 (81.5) | 64 (73.6) | |||||
| Age | 56.38 (10.36) | 56.07 (8.96) | 57.32 (11.67) | 54.66 (11.07) | 56.9 (9.69) | |||||
| ⩽50 | 42.96 (6.21) | 97 (26.3) | 44.5 (5.5) | 27 (24.8) | 41.6 (7.5) | 29 (26.9) | 40.9 (8.9) | 19 (29.2) | 42.2 (7.1) | 22 (25.3) |
| 51–60 | 56.07 (2.92) | 146 (39.6) | 56.1 (3.0) | 52 (47.7) | 55.5 (2.8) | 33 (30.6) | 56.3 (3.1) | 28 (43.1) | 56.5 (2.7) | 33 (37.9) |
| ⩾61 | 67.07 (4.61) | 126 (34.1) | 66.5 (4.2) | 30 ( 27.5) | 68.1 (5.5) | 46 (42.6) | 66.4 (4.1) | 18 (27.7) | 66.5 (3.6) | 32 (36.8) |
| Duration of having DM | 10.48 (8.12) | 8.51 (6.95) | 12.24 (8.85) | 10.07 (7.75) | 11.09 (8.37) | |||||
| ⩽7 years | 3.8 (2.0) | 169 (45.8) | 3.8 (2.1) | 63 (57.8) | 4.1 (1.9)17. | 40 (37.0) | 3.7 (1.7) | 31 (47.7) | 3.3 (2.0) | 35 (40.2) |
| >7 years | 16.2 (6.9) | 200 (54.2) | 15.0 (6.0) | 46 (42.2) | 0 (7.8) | 68 (63.0) | 15.9 (6.5) | 34 (52.3) | 16.3 (6.8) | 52 (59.8) |
| Consultation time | 7.09 (3.46) | 6.50 (2.71) | 7.40 (3.87) | 8.61 (3.12) | 6.33 (3.67) | |||||
| ⩽5 min | 4.83 (0.7) | 233 (63.1) | 4.9 (0.3) | 78 (71.6) | 4.5 (1.2) | 60 (55.6) | 5 (0) | 24 (36.9) | 4.9 (0.5) | 71 (81.6) |
| >5 min | 11.09 (2.7) | 132 (35.8) | 10.5 (1.9) | 31 (28.4) | 11.4 (2.5) | 44 (40.7) | 10.7 (1.8) | 41 (63.1) | 12.5 (5.2) | 16 (18.4) |
| Doctor consultation | ||||||||||
| Yes | 365 (98.9) | 109 (100) | 105 (97.2) | 65 (100) | 86 (98.9) | |||||
| No | 2 (0.5) | – | 1 (.9) | – | 1 (1.1) | |||||
| Previous complications | 200 (54.2) | 61 (56) | 52 (48.1) | 37 (56.9) | 50 (57.5) | |||||
| Hypertension | 50 (13.6) | 28 (25.7) | 1 (0.9) | 14 (21.5) | 7 (8) | |||||
| Retinopathy | 133 (36.0) | 38 (34.9) | 43 (39.8) | 21 (32.3) | 31 (35.6) | |||||
| Nephropathy | 13 (3.5) | 1 (0.9) | 6 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 4 (4.6) | |||||
| Cardiac | 28 (7.6) | 11 (10.1) | 3 (2.8) | 3 (4.6) | 11 (12.6) | |||||
| Nothing | 169 (45.8) | 48 (44) | 56 (51.9) | 28 (43.1) | 37 (42.5) | |||||
| Medications | ||||||||||
| Tablets | 241 (65.3) | 75 (68.8) | 64 (59.3) | 42 (64.6) | 60 (69) | |||||
| Insulin | 85 (23) | 19 (17.4) | 32 (29.6) | 12 (18.5) | 22 (25.3) | |||||
| Both | 43 (11.7) | 15 (13.8) | 12 (11.1) | 11 (16.9) | 5 (5.6) | |||||
| HbA1c | ||||||||||
| ⩽7% | 6.3 (0.5) | 72 (19.5) | 6.2 (0.5) | 19 (17.4) | 6.4 (0.5) | 22 (20.4) | 6.2 (0.6) | 14 (21.5) | 6.2 (0.5) | 17 (19.5) |
| >7.1% | 9.6 (2.0) | 297 (80.5) | 9.7 (1.5) | 90 (82.6) | 9.4 (1.7) | 86 (79.6) | 9.4 (1.7) | 51 (78.5) | 10.0 (1.8) | 70 (80.5) |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation; PHC, primary health centers; DM, diabetes mellitus; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin.