Table 2.
Willingness of type 2 diabetic patients attending primary health care centers in Al-Ahsa to use insulin
| Demographic variables | Willingness | Total N (%) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undecided N (%) | Unwilling N (%) | Willing N (%) | |||
| Age (years) | |||||
| 18-35 | 8 (14.3) | 22 (39.3) | 26 (46.4) | 56 (100) | 0.013 |
| 35-50 | 14 (9.9) | 53 (37.6) | 74 (52.5) | 141 (100) | |
| 50-65 | 10 (5.9) | 44 (26.0) | 115 (68.0) | 169 (100) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 15 (8.0) | 66 (35.1) | 107 (56.9) | 188 (100) | 0.528 |
| Female | 17 (9.6) | 53 (29.8) | 108 (60.7) | 178 (100) | |
| Educational level | |||||
| Illiterate | 3 (4.4) | 22 (32.4) | 43 (63.2) | 68 (100) | 0.165 |
| Preuniversity | 13 (7.1) | 63 (34.2) | 108 (58.7) | 184 (100) | |
| University | 16 (14.0) | 34 (29.8) | 64 (56.10) | 114 (100) | |
| How long have you had diabetes? (years) | |||||
| 0-5 | 19 (16.4) | 46 (39.7) | 51 (44.0) | 116 (100) | 0.0001 |
| 6-10 | 7 (7.1) | 34 (34.7) | 57 (58.2) | 98 (100) | |
| 11-15 | 2 (2.4) | 23 (28.0) | 57 (69.5) | 82 (100) | |
| >15 | 4 (5.7) | 16 (22.9) | 50 (71.4) | 70 (100) | |