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| Characteristics | |
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| Sociodemographic | |
| Age, median (IQR) years (range: 22–90) | 60 () |
| Sex: male, (%) | 119 (53) |
| Marital status: with partner, (%) | 147 (66) |
| Highest educational attainment | |
| (i) Up to primary schooling, (%) | 33 () |
| (ii) Secondary schooling (years 7 to 12, TAFE, trade), (%) | 146 (65) |
| (iii) More than secondary schooling (postgraduate), (%) | 42 () |
| Country of birth: overseas-born | 125 (56) |
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| Clinical characteristics | |
| Self-rated health: fair or poor, (%) | 98 (47) |
| Duration of diabetes diagnosis: median (IQR) years (range: 0–46) | 10.0 () |
| Body mass index (BMI): median (IQR) (range: 19.0–64.5) | 32.4 () |
| : median (IQR) (range: 4.8–14.0) | 8.4 () |
| Number of medical comorbidities: median (IQR) (range: 0–7) | 2.0 () |
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| Knowledge and psychological factors | |
| Depression: PHQ-2 score: median (IQR) (range: 0–6) | 1.5 (3.0) |
| Confidence in managing their diabetes: median (IQR) (range: 1–10) | 8.0 (3.0) |
| Knowledge about diabetes: median (IQR) (range: 0–10) | 7.0 (3.0) |
| Health literacy score: median (IQR) (range: 0–12) | 10.0 (−7.0) |
| DSMQ-16 score: median (IQR) (range: 7–47) | 35.0 () |
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