Effectiveness of a Peer Support Programme versus Usual Care in Disease Management of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 regarding Improvement of Metabolic Control: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Table 2
Baseline characteristics of participants.
(I/C)
Intervention = 148
Control = 189
Age (years, SD)
148/189
62.2 (8.8)
63.6 (10.8)
Female (, %)
148/189
76 (51.4)
97 (51.3)
Duration of diabetes (years, SD)
145/178
8.4 (7.1)
7.0 (5.6)
Smokers (, %)
141/183
17 (12.1)
22 (12.0)
Married (, %)
145/182
99 (68.3)
121 (66.5)
Low level of education (, %)
143/181
126 (88.1)
164 (90.6)
Retired (, %)
145/183
95 (65.6)
126 (68.8)
Living alone (, %)
144/178
30 (20.8)
37 (20.8)
Variation of due to missing values; I = intervention group, C = control group. Only grade school, apprenticeship.
