Prevalence and Determinants of Appropriate Health Seeking Behaviour among Known Diabetics: Results from a Community-Based Survey

Table 1

Sociodemographics and disease profile of the respondents ().

Characteristics		(%)
Gender
Male	172	37.4
Female	288	62.6
Ethnic
Malay	430	93.5
Chinese	21	4.6
Indian	9	1.9
Religion
Islamic	430	93.5
Hindu	21	4.6
Buddha	9	1.9
Occupation
Working	149	32.4
Unemployed	85	18.5
Housewife	151	32.8
Pensioners	70	15.2
Students	5	1.1
Education
No education	73	15.9
Primary school	155	33.7
Secondary school	182	39.6
University/college	50	10.9
Marital status
Bachelor	13	2.8
Married	364	79.1
Widowed	23	5.1
Divorced	60	13.1
Duration of illness	Mean ± (sd) 7.28 (5.65)
Less than 5 years	220	47.8
5–10 years	120	26.0
11–19 years	98	21.4
>20 years	22	4.8
Comorbidity
Yes	283	61.5
No	177	38.5
Complication of diabetes mellitus
Yes	198	43.0
No	262	57.0
Family history of diabetes mellitus
Yes	250	54.3
No	210	45.7