| Forget to take medicine/ insulin |
| Yes | 122 | 30.3 |
| No | 280 | 69.7 |
| Careless at times about taking medicine |
| Yes | 114 | 28.4 |
| No | 288 | 71.6 |
| Stop taking medicine when feel better |
| Yes | 109 | 27.1 |
| No | 293 | 72.9 |
| Stop taking medicine when feel worse |
| Yes | 179 | 44.5 |
| No | 223 | 55.5 |
| Physical work or exercise in the last week |
| Never | 186 | 46.3 |
| Once a week | 43 | 10.7 |
| 2–3 times per week | 99 | 24.6 |
| Almost daily | 53 | 13.2 |
| Daily | 21 | 5.2 |
| Duration of physical work or exercise |
| < 10 Minutes/day | 57 | 14.2 |
| 10-20 Minutes/day | 74 | 18.4 |
| 20-30 Minutes/day | 36 | 9.0 |
| > 30 Minutes/day | 49 | 12.2 |
| Diet modification according to the recommendations of physician |
| Yes | 348 | 86.6 |
| No | 54 | 13.4 |
| Monitoring blood glucose |
| Self- monitoring | 68 | 16.9 |
| Local pharmacy | 12 | 3.0 |
| Hospital | 322 | 80.1 |
| Barriers for self-blood glucose monitoring |
| Too expensive | 128 | 31.8 |
| Too painful | 6 | 1.5 |
| Don’t know how to test | 77 | 19.2 |
| Other* | 123 | 30.6 |
| Frequency of blood glucose monitoring |
| Monthly | 151 | 37.6 |
| Every 2 month | 165 | 41.0 |
| Every 3 month | 86 | 21.4 |
| checking feet |
| Never | 41 | 10.2 |
| Daily | 239 | 59.5 |
| Once a week | 6 | 1.5 |
| Rarely | 116 | 28.9 |
| Drinking alcohol |
| Never | 188 | 46.8 |
| Weekly | 34 | 8.5 |
| 2–3 times weekly | 50 | 12.4 |
| Nearly every day | 29 | 7.2 |
| Rarely | 101 | 25.1 |
| Cigarette smoking |
| Yes | 13 | 3.2 |
| No | 389 | 96.8 |
| Wearing footwear during exercise as recommended by health professionals |
| Yes | 196 | 48.8 |
| No | 206 | 51.2 |
| Type of water used to wash feet |
| Cold water | 354 | 88.1 |
| Warm water but not hot | 48 | 11.9 |
| care during cutting toe nails |
| Yes | 183 | 45.5 |
| No | 219 | 54.5 |
| Periodic kidney examination |
| Yes | 120 | 29.9 |
| No | 282 | 70.1 |
| Regular checkup of eye by eye specialist |
| Yes | 31 | 7.7 |
| No | 371 | 92.3 |
| Practice level |
| Good practice | 196 | 48.8 |
| Poor practice | 206 | 51.2 |
