Research Article
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 (
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| 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 |
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