Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data of participants
| Parameter | Value (n=401) | |
| Age (years) | n | 401 |
| Mean±SD | 58.9±11.89 | |
| Median | 58 | |
| Minimum, maximum | 27, 85 | |
| Gender | n | 401 |
| Male | 244 (60.8%) | |
| Female | 157 (39.1%) | |
| Weight (kg) | n | 397 |
| Mean±SD | 65.0±10.28 | |
| Median | 65 | |
| Minimum, maximum | 42, 110 | |
| Marital status | n | 396 |
| Married/living as married/civil partnership | 393 (99.2%) | |
| Single/never married | 2 (0.4%) | |
| Divorced or separated | 2 (0.4%) | |
| Employment status | n | 399 |
| Unemployed | 58 (14.5%) | |
| Employed | 149 (37.3%) | |
| Retirement | 191 (47.9%) | |
| Other | 1 (0.2%) | |
| Highest level of education | n | 399 |
| Illiteracy | 41 (10.3%) | |
| Junior middle school | 128 (32.1%) | |
| High school or special secondary school | 130 (32.6%) | |
| College and above | 100 (25.1%) | |
| Family history of diabetes | n | 391 |
| Yes | 122 (31.2%) | |
| No | 269 (68.8%) | |
| Previous HbA1c value | n | 264 |
| <7% | 97 (36.7%) | |
| 7%–9% | 126 (47.7%) | |
| >9% | 41 (15.5%) | |
| The interval between the last HbA1c measurement and the present (days) | n | 267 |
| Mean±SD | 227.9±271.52 | |
| Median | 150 | |
| Minimum, maximum | 2, 2920 | |
| The course of diabetes (months) | n | 401 |
| Mean±SD | 89.7±76.44 | |
| Median | 72 | |
| Minimum, maximum | 1, 480 | |
| Regular monitoring of fasting blood glucose frequency | n | 401 |
| Irregular monitoring | 71 (17.7%) | |
| Two or three times a week | 156 (38.9%) | |
| Three or four times a month | 129 (32.1%) | |
| Two or three times in 3 months | 45 (11.2%) | |
| Fasting blood glucose value (mmol/L) | n | 325 |
| 3.8–6.1 | 23 (7.1%) | |
| 6.1–7 | 96 (29.5%) | |
| ≥7 | 206 (63.3%) | |
| Complications | n | 401 |
| Yes | 42 (10.5%) | |
| No | 359 (89.5%) | |
| Exercise intensity | n | 401 |
| No exercise | 44 (10.9%) | |
| Low-intensity exercise (eg, walking) | 269 (67.0%) | |
| Medium-intensity exercise (eg, fast walking, jogging) | 57 (14.2%) | |
| High-intensity exercise (eg, fitness, cycling, dancing) | 31 (7.7%) | |
| Exercise time (min) | n | 401 |
| Mean±SD | 63.3±71.66 | |
| Median | 60 | |
| Minimum, maximum | 0, 600 | |
| Eat reasonably | n | 401 |
| Yes | 294 (73.3%) | |
| No | 107 (26.7%) | |
| Sleep status | n | 401 |
| Good | 214 (53.3%) | |
| Ordinary | 120 (29.9%) | |
| Lose sleep | 67 (16.7%) | |
| Psychological status | n | 401 |
| Optimistic | 247 (61.6%) | |
| Ordinary | 144 (35.9%) | |
| Depressed | 10 (2.5%) | |
| Compliance | n | 401 |
| Good | 316 (78.8%) | |
| Poor | 85 (21.2%) |
n, number of respondents.