TABLE 1.

Participants general characteristics and psychological insulin resistance, Kinshasa, 2017–2018.

Variable	Total (N = 213)		Resistant (N = 91)		Non-resistant (N = 122)		p
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age (years)
< 50	44	20.7	23	25.3	21	17.2	0.010
≥ 50	169	79.3	68	74.7	101	82.8
Sex
Men	84	39.4	33	36.3	51	41.8	0.025
Women	129	60.6	58	63.7	71	58.2
Marital status
Married	160	75.1	70	76.9	90	73.8	0.358
Single	53	24.9	21	23.1	32	26.2
Educational level
Other	151	70.9	61	67.0	90	73.8	0.179
College/university	62	29.1	30	33.0	32	26.2
Employment status
Unemployed	149	70.0	67	73.6	82	67.2	0.195
Employed	64	30.0	24	26.4	40	32.8
Time since diabetes mellitus diagnosis (years)
≤ 10 years	169	79.3	70	76.9	99	81.1	0.297
> 10 years	44	20.7	21	23.1	23	18.9
Previous hospitalization	62	29.1	23	25.3	39	32.0	0.181
Complications of diabetes mellitus	73	34.3	45	49.5	28	23.0	< 0.001
Comorbidity	140	65.7	58	63.7	82	67.2	0.350
Knowledge of side effects	35	16.4	19	20.9	16	13.1	0.009
Weight gain	30	14.1	15	16.5	15	12.3	0.250
Hypoglycaemia	157	73.7	67	73.6	90	73.8	0.552
Blurred vision	8	3.8	6	6.6	2	1.6	0.005
No knowledge of insulin therapy	105	49.3	62	68.1	43	35.2	0.025
Unaffordable price	160	75.1	78	85.7	82	67.2	0.001

N, number.