Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of caregivers of patients with Type-2 diabetes mellitus
| Variables | n (%) |
| Age group | |
| ≤ 20 | 6 (6.0) |
| 21 – 40 | 27 (27.0) |
| 41 – 60 | 52 (52.0) |
| > 60 | 15 (15.0) |
| Mean Age ± SD | 46.46 ± 14.48 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 44(44.0) |
| Female | 56 (56.0) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 21 (21.0) |
| Married | 77 (77.0) |
| Widowed | 2 (2.0) |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | 51 (51.0) |
| Islam | 49 (49.0) |
| Educational qualification | |
| No formal | 5 (5.0) |
| Primary | 10 (10.0) |
| Secondary | 17 (17.0) |
| Tertiary | 68 (68.0) |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 66 (66.0) |
| Unemployed | 34(34.0) |
| Relationship to patient | |
| Parents | 10 (10.0) |
| Child | 40 (40.0) |
| Spouse | 34 (34.0) |
| Siblings | 11 (11.0) |
| Unrelated | 1 (1.0) |
| Others | 4 (4.0) |