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. 2020 Sep 15;22(9):e21195. doi: 10.2196/21195

Table 2.

Disease-related characteristics and mental well-being of participants (N=155) across profiles [data are presented as mean (SD) for continuous variables and numbers (proportions) for frequencies].

Characteristics All (N=155) Profile 1 (n=28, 18.1%) Profile 2 (n=50, 32.3%) Profile 3 (n=21, 13.5%) Profile 4 (n=20, 12.9%) Profile 5 (n=36, 23.2%) P value
Time since diabetes diagnosis, n (%) .87

≤5 years 124 (80.0) 22 (78.6) 42 (82.0) 16 (76.2) 15 (75.0) 29 (80.6)

≥6 years 31 (20.0) 6 (21.4) 8 (16.0) 5 (23.8) 5 (25.0) 7 (19.4)
Type of medication, n (%) .58

None 19 (12.3) 4 (14.3) 8 (16.0) 3 (14.3) 1 (5.0) 3 (8.3)

Peroral 102 (65.8) 19 (67.9) 32 (64.0) 10 (47.6) 16 (80.0) 25 (69.5)

Injection 34 (21.9) 5 (17.8) 10 (20.0) 8 (38.1) 3 (15.0) 8 (22.2)
T2D complications, n (%)a .37

Yes 90 (73.8) 5 (22.7) 7 (18.0) 6 (35.3) 7 (41.2) 7 (25.9)

No 32 (26.2) 17 (77.3) 32 (82.0) 11 (64.7) 10 (58.8) 20 (74.1)
Additional chronic conditions, n (%) .05

No additional conditions 17 (11.0) 3 (10.7) 10 (20.0) 1 (4.8) 2 (10.0) 1 (2.8)

1 additional condition 60 (38.7) 13 (46.4) 23 (46.0) 5 (23.8) 7 (35.0) 12 (33.3)

2+ additional conditions 78 (50.3) 12 (42.9) 17 (34.0) 15 (71.4) 11 (55.0) 23 (63.9)
Mental well-being, mean (SD)b 59.1 (20.2) 71.7 (16.3) 67.3 (14.6) 42.7 (14.7)c,d 67.2 (12.7)e 43.4 (20.1)c,d,f <.001
Risk of depression (score <50), n (%)b 49 (31.8) 3 (10.7) 6 (12.2) 14 (66.7)c,d 2 (10.0) e 24 (66.7)c,d,f .001

an=122.

bn=154.

cDifferent from Profile 1, P<.05.

dDifferent from Profile 2, P<.05.

eDifferent from Profile 3, P<.05.

fDifferent from Profile 4, P<.05.