Table 2.
COVID-19 related changes questions: prior and during the pandemic
| Questions | US | Brazil | Iran | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior | During | Prior | During | Prior | During | |
| Diabetes support system | ||||||
|
Family Friends Providers Support group Others Not |
709 (70.8) 101 (10.1) 98 (9.8) 66 (6.6) 26 (2.6) 1 (0.1) |
735 (73.4) 91 (9.1) 59 (5.9) 55 (5.5) 24 (2.4) 37 (3.7) |
197 (43.9) 12 (2.7) 132 (29.4) 10 (2.2) 15 (3.3) 83 (18.5) |
227 (50.6) 16 (3.6) 70 (15.6) 13 (2.9) 19 (4.2) 104 (23.2) |
118 (55.7) 8 (3.8) 16 (7.6) 11 (5.2) 2 (0.9) 57 (26.9) |
127 (59.9) 9 (4.3) 10 (4.7) 6 (2.8) 3 (1.4) 57 (26.9) |
| Difficulties accessing supplies or medications | ||||||
|
No Yes |
869 (79.2) 228 (20.8) |
879 (62.1) 218 (37.9) |
350 (77.9) 99 (22.1) |
279 (62.1) 170 (37.9) |
89 (42.0) 123 (58.0) |
69 (32.6) 143 (67.4) |
| Difficulties accessing healthy food | ||||||
|
No Yes |
1071 (97.5) 27 (2.5) |
525 (47.8) 573 (52.2) |
389 (86.6) 60 (13.4) |
201 (44.8) 248 (55.2) |
189 (89.2) 23 (10.8) |
110 (51.9) 102 (48.1) |
| Difficulties accessing safe places to excercise | ||||||
|
No Yes |
1034 (94.2) 64 (5.8) |
664 (60.5) 434 (39.5) |
415 (92.4) 34 (7.6) |
329 (73.3) 120 (26.7) |
161 (75.9) 51 (24.1) |
173 (81.6) 39 (18.4) |
| Difficulties accessing diabetes care | ||||||
|
No Yes |
1081 (98.5) 17 (1.5) |
422 (38.4) 676 (61.6) |
426 (94.9) 23 (5.1) |
193 (43.0) 256 (57.0) |
192 (90.6) 20 (9.4) |
132 (62.3) 80 (37.7) |
| Changes in self-care behaviours | ||||||
|
No Yes |
693 (63.1) 406 (36.9) |
272 (60.6) 177 (39.42) |
88 (41.5) 124 (58.5) |
|||
| Diabetes hospitalization/ED visit | ||||||
|
No Yes |
1063 (96.7) 36 (3.3) |
427 (95.1) 22 (4.9) |
149 (70.8) 63 (29.5) |
|||
| Avoiding diabetes facilities due to fear | ||||||
|
No Yes |
573(52.1) 526 (47.9) |
134 (29.8) 315 (70.2) |
96 (44.8) 117 (55.2) |
|||
| Following COVID-19 precaution recom | ||||||
|
No Yes |
11 (1.0) 1088 (99.0) |
9 (2.0) 440 (98.0) |
15 (7.1) 197 (92.9) |
|||