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. 2019 Mar 21;21(3):e13465. doi: 10.2196/13465

Table 1.

Characteristics of total T1D sample and sample using out-of-hours services once or more during the previous 12 months.

Characteristics Total sample
% (n/N)
Users of OOH services
% (n/N)
Gender

Female 53.7 (281/523) 48.8 (63/129)

Male 46.3 (242/523) 51.2 (66/129)
Age

18-39 years 34.0 (178/523) 32.5 (42/129)

40-59 years 42.6 (223/523) 41.1 (53/129)

60+ years 23.4 (122/523) 26.4 (34/129)
Marital status

Single 11.0 (42/380) 12.1 (12/9)

Married/cohabitant 89.0 (338/380) 87.9 (87/99)
Main daily activity

Workinga 64.0 (308/481) 62.8 (81/129)

Pensioner, old age 13.5 (65/481) 14.0 (18/129)

Pensioner, disability 11.0 (53/481) 10.1 (13/129)

Pupil/student 7.3 (35/481) 7.0 (9/129)

Other 4.2 (20/481) 6.1 (8/129)
Educationb

Low 8.1 (39/480) 11.0 (14/128)

Middle 29.0 (139/480) 28.9 (37/128)

High 31.7 (152/480) 28.1 (36/128)

Highest 31.2 (150/480) 32.0 (41/128)
Household incomec

Low 14.1 (66/467) 16.7 (21/126)

Middle 34.9 (163/467) 33.3 (42/126)

High 51.0 (238/467) 50.0 (63/126)
Duration of diabetes

<10 years 24.3 (127/522) 27.9 (36/129)

10-19 years 20.5 (107/522) 20.2 (26/129)

20-29 years 19.4 (101/522) 18.6 (24/129)

30 years and over 35.8 (187/522) 33.3 (43/129)
Self-rated regulation of diabetes

Excellent 19.4 (101/520) 20.5 (26/127)

Good 56.2 (292/520) 51.9 (66/127)

Fair 19.8 (103/520) 20.5 (26/127)

Bad/very bad 4.6 (24/520) 7.1 (9/127)
Self-rated health

Excellent 17.9 (93/521) 14.1 (18/128)

Good 51.6 (269/521) 46.1 (59/128)

Fair 21.7 (113/521) 28.9 (37/128)

Bad/very bad 8.8 (46/521) 10.9 (14/128)
Degree of anxiety/depression

None 65.0 (334/514) 55.5 (71/128)

Slight 22.2 (114/514) 21.9 (28/128)

Moderate 9.5 (49/514) 16.4 (21/128)

Severe 3.3 (17/514) 6.2 (8/128)
Based on information from the Internet, have you:

Felt anxious (yes, once/sometimes/often) 31.8 (155/487) 44.5 (57/128)

Felt reassured (yes, once/sometimes/often) 54.6 (263/482) 55.9 (71/127)

Decided to consult a doctor when you would otherwise not have consulted one (yes, once/sometimes/often) 17.5 (87/497) 28.7 (37/129)

Decided not to consult a doctor when you would otherwise have consulted one (yes, once/sometimes/often) 18.3 (90/493) 21.9 (28/128)

aFull-time or part-time.

bLow (primary/part of secondary school), middle (high school), high (college/university <4 years), highest (college/university ≥4 years).

cLow (350,000 NOK or less), Middle (351,000-750,000 NOK), High (751,000 NOK or more).