Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Using Telemedicine Tools: Pilot Study in Hungary

Table 1

Patients’ demographics.

Variables	Percent (%)
Gender
Male	33.7%
Female	66.3%
Age (median, IQR)	63 (56–68)
HbA1c (median, IQR)	7.2 (6.4–7.9)
Hypertension
No	19.1%
Yes	76.4%
Occupation
Full-time	22.2%
Part-time	9.3%
Retired	68.5%
Education
Primary	23.6%
Secondary	52.3%
Higher	21.8%
Marital status
Married or lives with a partner	55.6%
Single, separated, or divorced	24.1%
Widowed	20.4%
Attendance of blood sugar screening
Monthly/less than a month	20.8%
Weekly/every few days	39.6%
Daily/more, than once a day	39.6%

IQR: interquartile range.
The remaining percent of participants either were not aware of their disease (hypertension) or provided no response (education).