Table 2 Distribution of self-rated general health by patient characteristics one year after diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
Characteristics | Self-rated health | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very good | Good | Fair | Poor | ||
N (%) | 131 (21.9) | 263 (43.9) | 186 (31.1) | 19 (3.2) | Â |
Sex (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.52 |
  Women | 59 (45.0) | 123 (46.8) | 98 (52.7) | 9 (47.4) |  |
  Men | 72 (55.0) | 140 (53.2) | 88 (47.3) | 10 (52.6) |  |
Health behaviour: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Has changed way of living after diagnosis (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.22 |
  Yes | 99 (76.2) | 211(82.4) | 153 (84.5) | 16 (88.9) |  |
Food habits (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.055 |
  Diabetes dieta | 57 (44.2) | 124 (49.0) | 82 (46.3) | 8 (42.1) |  |
  Full diet without sugar | 50 (38.8) | 110 (43.5) | 79 (44.6) | 19 (57.9) | |
  Diet as non-diabetics | 22 (17.1) | 19 (7.5) | 16 (9.0) | 0 | |
General practice visits per year | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 0.51 |
(2.6-4.8) | (2.6-4.7) | (2.8-5.0) | (2.7-4.3) | ||
Treatment: Diet as only treatment to reduce blood glucose (%) | 93 (71.0) | 143 (56.8) | 91 (51.3) | 6 (33.3) | 0.0005 |
Social support (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.0002 |
  Full support | 92 (73.0) | 165 (65.5) | 93 (52.8) | 9 (50.0) |  |
  Handles it myself | 26 (20.6) | 71 (28.2) | 54 (30.7) | 4 (22.2) | |
  Feel alone, misunderstood | 8 (6.4) | 16 (6.4) | 29 (16.5) | 5 (27.8) | |
Coping: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Illness burden (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
  No burden | 85 (68.0) | 139 (59.1) | 64 (36.0) | 1 (5.3) |  |
  Minor burden | 30 (24.0) | 68 (26.5) | 56 (31.5) | 5 (26.3) | |
  Some burden | 9 (7.2) | 45 (17.5) | 40 (22.5) | 5 (26.3) | |
  Major burden | 1 (0.8) | 5 (2.0) | 18 (10.1) | 8 (42.1) | |
Attitudes towards diabetes (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
  The illness is unproblematicb | 49 (38.0) | 113 (43.6) | 81 (44.3) | 4 (23.5) |  |
  Work/have worked with the illnessc | 78 (60.5) | 134 (51.7) | 71 (38.8) | 5 (29.4) | |
  It is a strain | 2 (1.6) | 12 (4.6) | 31 (16.9) | 8 (47.1) | |