Table 2: Injection-site complications.

Variables	Number of subjects (n/N)	Frequency (%)
Painful injections	473/847	55.8
Frequency of painful injections
Always	9/473	1.9
Often*	40/473	8.5
Sometimes†	413/473	87.3
Almost never‡	11/473	2.3
Bleeding and/or bruising	301/847	35.5
Frequency of bleeding and/or bruising
Always	3/301	1.0
Often*	10/301	3.3
Sometimes†	254/301	84.4
Almost never‡	34/301	11.3
Insulin leakage from skin after injection	329/847	38.8
Frequency of insulin leakage
Always	2/329	0.6
Often*	9/329	2.7
Sometimes†	258/329	78.4
Almost never‡	60/329	18.2
Dribble/leakage of insulin from the needle tip after injection	253/847	29.9
Frequency of insulin dribble/leakage
Always	4/253	1.6
Often*	36/253	14.2
Sometimes†	185/253	73.1
Almost never‡	28/253	11.1
Lipohypertrophy	78/847	9.2
Site of lipohypertrophy
Abdomen	41/78	52.6
Arm	17/78	21.8
Thigh	18/78	23.1
Buttock	1/78	1.3
Other site(s)	1/78	1.3
Inject into the lipohypertrophy	30/78	38.5
Reason of injecting into the lipohypertrophy
It is less painful	5/30	16.7
It is convenient	4/30	13.3
Just as a habit	13/30	43.3
Cannot explain	8/30	26.7

*’Often’ refers to several times a week.

†’Sometimes’ refers to several times a month.

‡’Almost never’ refers to several times a year.¹⁰