Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of study participants at the time of recruitment (2018/2019)
From: Everyday disease diplomacy: an ethnographic study of diabetes self-care in Vietnam
Characteristics | Participants (N = 27) | % of total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | Mean (range) | 67.1 (49–81) | |
Occupation/income | Service/farming | 4 | 14.8 |
Retired, with pension | 13 | 48.1 | |
Retired, with family support | 8 | 29.6 | |
Receiving social assistance | 2 | 7.4 | |
Self-reported years with diabetes | Mean (range) | 8.1 (1–29) | |
Gender | Female | 14 | 51.9 |
Male | 13 | 48.1 | |
Marriage status | Married | 22 | 81.4 |
Widowed | 4 | 14.8 | |
Divorced | 1 | 3.7 | |
Household | Living alone | 2 | 7.4 |
Living with spouse (one generation) | 8 | 29.6 | |
Living in two-generational household | 6 | 22.2 | |
Living in three-generational household | 11 | 40.7 | |
Medicine | Oral medication | 18 | 66.6 |
Insulin | 9 | 33.3 | |