Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants.
| No. | Gender | Age (years) | Marital status | Education level | Residential status | Type of medications | Disease duration (years) | Complications of diabetes |
| 1 | Man | 50 | Married | High school | Urban | Oral tablets and insulin | 20 |
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| 2 | Woman | 34 | Single | High school | Urban | Oral tablets and insulin | 10 |
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| 3 | Woman | 60 | Married | High school | Urban | Oral tablets and insulin | 14 |
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| 4 | Woman | 71 | Married | High school | Urban | Oral tablets | 26 |
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| 5 | Man | 53 | Married | College | Urban | Oral tablets | 14 |
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| 6 | Man | 77 | Married | High school | Urban | Oral tablets | 12 |
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| 7 | Man | 63 | Married | College | Urban | Oral tablets | 11 |
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| 8 | Woman | 74 | Widow | High school | Rural | Oral tablets | 22 |
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| 9 | Woman | 61 | Widow | High school | Rural | Oral tablets and insulin | 27 |
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| 10 | Man | 74 | Married | Illiterate | Rural | Oral tablets and insulin | 17 |
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