Table 7.

Main factors affecting forgone care in terms of demographic, socioeconomic and disease-related variables

Variables	Categories	Social support		Awareness and attitude on disease and treatment		Quality of care		Accessibility
		Mean ± SD	P-value	Mean ± SD	P-value	Mean ± SD	P-value	Mean ± SD	P-value
Gender	Male	18.11 ± 19.13	.26	19.24 ± 19.76	.37	66.04 ± 39.34	.004	37.59 ± 24.95	.57
	Female	16.77 ± 18.63		18.17 ± 18.40		58.87 ± 39.76		36.71 ± 25.22
Age	<  40	22.83 ± 20.32	.001	21.89 ± 19.87	.02	61.07 ± 38.89	.98	41.14 ± 25.01	.08
	40–60	17.33 ± 19.73		19.07 ± 19.30		61.12 ± 39.55		37.31 ± 25.03
	>  60	15.63 ± 17.02		17.05 ± 18.00		61.52 ± 40.25		35.59 ± 25.17
Marital status	Married	16.57 ± 18.61	.01	17.88 ± 18.66	.01	61.53 ± 39.85	.65	36.45 ± 25.23	.10
	Single	20.19 ± 19.43		21.45 ± 19.59		60.18 ± 39.36		39.52 ± 24.52
Income status	<  1500 international $	18.29 ± 21.01	.75	18.82 ± 19.94	.49	53.21 ± 38.56	< .0001	42.51 ± 25.96	< .0001
	>  1500 international $	17.83 ± 17.42		19.79 ± 18.85		68.13 ± 38.08		30.28 ± 23.59
Education status	Illiterate	18.35 ± 19.48	.04	17.83 ± 17.95	.45	60.11 ± 39.26	.32	40.97 ± 25.00	< .0001
	Reading and writing ability	15.82 ± 17.89		18.41 ± 19.64		60.22 ± 40.44		37.19 ± 24.95
	Diploma	16.02 ± 18.50		19.55 ± 19.18		64.26 ± 39.79		30.58 ± 23.60
	Academic education	21.48 ± 19.50		21.28 ± 19.59		67.80 ± 38.57		26.30 ± 25.03
Habitant status	Urban	16.83 ± 18.70	.057	18.15 ± 18.74	.07	61.39 ± 40.26	.81	35.18 ± 24.22	< .0001
	Rural	20.23 ± 19.39		21.40 ± 19.69		60.60 ± 36.00		50.49 ± 27.60
Type of basic health insurance	Iranian health insurance	17.59 ± 17.94	.53	20.65 ± 18.83	.006	66.11 ± 38.82	.003	41.40 ± 25.96	< .0001
	Social security	16.87 ± 19.24		17.38 ± 18.83		58.72 ± 39.96		34.57 ± 24.17
Supplementary health insurance status	Yes	16.40 ± 18.50	.23	18.48 ± 18.23	.94	63.72 ± 39.58	.09	30.74 ± 23.14	< .0001
	No	17.76 ± 18.99		18.55 ± 19.29		59.72 ± 39.80		41.09 ± 25.54
Chronicity (in years) of DM	<  5 year	18.61 ± 20.12	.12	21.01 ± 20.96	.003	60.01 ± 39.44	.05	37.51 ± 24.52	.80
	5 to 10 years	15.68 ± 17.70		17.66 ± 17.33		57.24 ± 40.41		36.19 ± 23.53
	>  10 years	16.88 ± 18.11		16.74 ± 17.45		64.47 ± 39.43		36.98 ± 26.60
Type of current treatment	Oral pills	16.46 ± 18.85	.23	18.53 ± 19.07	.009	59.26 ± 40.68	.06	35.37 ± 25.09	.55
	Insulin	17.86 ± 18.32		17.50 ± 17.26		64.70 ± 38.61		38.96 ± 25.22
	Change in lifestyle (change in diet and physical activity)	19.80 ± 21.18		24.91 ± 24.92		57.39 ± 37.47		39.04 ± 24.09
Presence of co-morbidity or complications	Yes	17.38 ± 18.65	.63	18.35 ± 18.76	.57	64.50 ± 39.58	<.0001	37.74 ± 24.99	.08
	No	16.74 ± 19.30		19.09 ± 19.25		51.00 ± 38.57		34.66 ± 25.46
Hospitalization due to complications of DM in the past year	Yes	19.07 ± 18.87	.03	18.36 ± 17.43	.84	66.03 ± 37.63	.006	40.86 ± 25.50	.001
	No	16.42 ± 18.73		18.60 ± 19.47		59.20 ± 40.48		35.34 ± 24.79
Disease severity	Sever	19.09 ± 18.95	<.0001	19.57 ± 18.51	.083	65.99 ± 38.55	< .0001	41.29 ± 24.64	< .0001
	Moderate	14.79 ± 17.85		16.89 ± 17.91		46.17 ± 37.28		32.82 ± 24.10
	Low	14.34 ± 18.73		17.19 ± 20.60		62.75 ± 41.92		29.02 ± 24.90