Table 2.
Descriptive analysis and gender differences with regard to each item of COVID-19-specific diabetes worries questionnaire.
| Variables | Total |
Male |
Female |
χ2 | df | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||||
| Does it worry you that people with diabetes have a higher risk of coronavirus infection? | |||||||||
| Yes | 753 | (81.1) | 394 | (52.3) | 359 | (47.7) | .80 | 1 | .371 |
| No | 175 | (18.9) | 85 | (48.6) | 90 | (51.4) | |||
| Does it worry that you may be unable to manage your diabetes if infected with coronavirus? | |||||||||
| Yes | 599 | (64.5) | 303 | (50.6) | 296 | (49.4) | .72 | 1 | .396 |
| No | 329 | (35.5) | 176 | (53.5) | 153 | (46.5) | |||
| Are you worried about accessing medication for your diabetes? | |||||||||
| Yes | 165 | (17.8) | 77 | (46.7) | 88 | (53.3) | 1.97 | 1 | .161 |
| No | 763 | (82.2) | 402 | (52.7) | 361 | (47.3) | |||
| Are you worried that you may not be able to access diabetes equipment (e.g., test strips)? | |||||||||
| Yes | 245 | (26.4) | 117 | (47.8) | 128 | (52.2) | 1.99 | 1 | .159 |
| No | 683 | (73.6) | 362 | (53.0) | 321 | (47.0) | |||
| Do you think that the quality of your diabetic care has been reduced? | |||||||||
| Yes | 254 | (27.4) | 128 | (50.4) | 126 | (49.6) | .21 | 1 | .647 |
| No | 674 | (72.6) | 351 | (52.1) | 323 | (47.9) | |||
| Are you worried that you may not get adequate treatment/diabetic care during COVID-19 pandemic? | |||||||||
| Yes | 433 | (46.7) | 211 | (48.7) | 222 | (51.3) | 2.71 | 1 | .100 |
| No | 495 | (53.3) | 268 | (54.1) | 227 | (45.9) | |||
| Are you worried that you may not be able to manage your normal blood glucose level during the pandemic? | |||||||||
| Yes | 297 | (32.0) | 158 | (53.2) | 139 | (46.8) | .44 | 1 | .508 |
| No | 631 | (68.0) | 321 | (50.9) | 310 | (49.1) | |||
| Are you worried about possible food shortages? | |||||||||
| Yes | 158 | (17.0) | 86 | (54.4) | 72 | (45.6) | .60 | 1 | .437 |
| No | 770 | (83.0) | 393 | (51.0) | 377 | (49.0) | |||