Table 5.
Analysis of potential confounders in both groups
| Variables | Group | P values for likelihood ratio | ||||
| Non-interventional | Interventional | |||||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Age in years | 20–29 | 21 | 77.8 | 20 | 76.9 | 0.476 |
| 30–39 | 6 | 22.2 | 5 | 19.2 | ||
| 40–49 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.8 | ||
| 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Gender | Female | 8 | 29.6 | 12 | 46.2 | 0.214 |
| Male | 19 | 70.4 | 14 | 53.8 | ||
| Postgraduate medical degree | None | 23 | 85.2 | 23 | 88.5 | 0.387 |
| MD | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| MCPS | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| FCPS | 2 | 7.4 | 2 | 7.7 | ||
| MRCP | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.8 | ||
| Duration of work since graduation | <2 years | 18 | 66.7 | 13 | 50.0 | 0.009 |
| 2–4 years | 9 | 33.3 | 7 | 26.9 | ||
| 5–7 years | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 23.1 | ||
| Number of patients with diabetes mellitus seen daily | <10 | 3 | 11.1 | 10 | 38.5 | 0.135 |
| 10–20 | 15 | 55.6 | 10 | 38.5 | ||
| 21–30 | 6 | 22.2 | 4 | 15.4 | ||
| 31–40 | 3 | 11.1 | 2 | 7.7 | ||
As can be seen from the above table, only duration of work of respondents since graduation from medical school was statistically significantly different between the two groups. The rest of the demographic variables were similar in both groups.