Study of Health-Related Quality of Life and Healthcare Utilization among Type 2 Diabetic Population in an Urban Area of Eastern Nepal

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the participants (n = 270).

Characteristics	Categories	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age (years)	20‐40	37	13.7
	41‐60	159	58.9
	61‐80	74	27.4
Mean age ± SD (range) 53.86 years ± 11.89 (26‐79)
Sex	Male	136	50.4
	Female	134	49.6
Marital status	Married	229	84.8
	Widow	31	11.5
	Unmarried	5	01.9
	Separated	5	01.9
Ethnicity	Brahmin/Chhetri	129	47.8
	Janajati	95	35.2
	Muslim	19	07.0
	Madheshi	15	05.6
	Dalit	12	04.4
Education status	Literate	189	70.0
	Illiterate	81	30.0
Occupation	Clerical, shop owner, farmer	89	33.0
	Unemployed	69	25.6
	Skilled worker	42	15.6
	Semiprofession	24	8.9
	Profession	23	8.5
	Unskilled worker	12	4.4
	Semiskilled worker	11	4.1
Poverty line	<1.9USD	61	22.6
	>1.9USD	209	77.4
Smoking tobacco products	Current	27	10.0
	Past	31	11.5
	Never	212	78.5
Alcohol consumption	Never	185	68.5
	Ex-alcoholic	25	09.3
	Regular	26	10.0
	Occasional	34	12.6
Waist circumference	Normal	149	55.2
	High	121	44.8
BMI	Underweight	4	1.5
	Normal	59	21.9
	Overweight	60	22.2
	Obese	147	54.4
BP	Yes	86	32
	No	184	68
Duration of diabetes	<5 years	142	52.6
	5‐10 years	91	33.7
	>10 years	37	13.7
Other illness	Yes	155	57.4
	No	115	42.6
Complication	Yes	51	18.9
	No	219	81.1
Diabetes in family	Yes	167	61.9
	No	103	38.1
Perception of disease	Serious	184	68.1
	Not serious	86	31.9
On medication	OHA	220	81.5
	Insulin	19.0	6.7
	Both	14.0	5.2
Hospital visit	Yes	253	93.7
	No	17	06.3
Private doctor visit	Yes	216	80.0
	No	54	20.0
ER visit	Yes	22	08.1
	No	248	91.9
Hospital admission	Yes	16	05.9
	No	254	94.1
Awareness about PHC	Yes	154	57
	No	116	43
Services available at PHC	OPD	152	99.3
	Immunization	133	86.9
	Laboratory	64	41.8
	Health education	26	17.0
	Specific for diabetes	19	12.4
Prefer PHC	Yes	5	3.3
	No	148	96.7