Table 1 Participants’ characteristics
From: Different information needs in subgroups of people with diabetes mellitus: a latent class analysis
Characteristics | n (%) / (M ± SD) |
|---|---|
Total number of participants | 837 |
Age (years), n = 837 | 71.1 ± 9.5 |
Sex, n = 837 | |
Female | 382 (45.6) |
Male | 455 (54.4) |
Years of education, n = 836 | |
≥ 11 years | 330 (39.5) |
< 11 years | 506 (60.5) |
Type of diabetes, n = 804 | |
Type 1 diabetes | 41 (5.1) |
Type 2 diabetes | 746 (92.8) |
Other diabetes type | 17 (2.1) |
Diabetes duration, n = 763 | |
≥ 10 years | 394 (51.6) |
< 10 years | 369 (48.4) |
|  | 12.1 ± 10.2 |
Mode of diabetes treatment, n = 835 | |
No oral glucose-lowering drugs and no insulin | 145 (17.4) |
Oral glucose-lowering drugs | 482 (57.7) |
Insulin | 99 (11.9) |
Oral glucose-lowering drugs and insulin | 109 (13.1) |
Diabetes-related comorbidity, n = 837 | |
Yes | 329 (39.3) |
No | 508 (60.7) |
Current smoking behaviour, n = 834 | |
Regular | 89 (10.7) |
Occasionally | 8 (1.0) |
Ex-smoker | 380 (45.6) |
Never | 357 (42.8) |
Well-being, n = 834 | |
High well-being (≥50) | 596 (71.5) |
Low well-being (< 50) | 238 (28.5) |
Current level of information, n = 505 | 16.2 ± 6.8 |
Diabetes education, n = 731 | |
Yes | 386 (52.8) |
No | 345 (47.2) |
Time preference, n = 697 | |
Rather agree | 296 (42.5) |
Rather disagree | 401 (57.5) |