Assessment of Insulin Injection Practice among Diabetes Patients in a Tertiary Healthcare Centre in Nepal: A Preliminary Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the patients.

Variables	Category	n (%)
Age (years)		55 (49–63)
Sex	Male	19 (44.2)
	Female	24 (55.8)
Regional area	Pahada	7 (16.3)
	Tarai	36 (83.7)
Residential area	Suburban	24 (55.8)
	Rural	19 (44.2)
Educational status	Literate/educated	18 (41.9)
	Illiterate/uneducated	25 (58.1)
Employment status	Employed	14 (32.6)
	Unemployed	29 (67.4)
Diabetes type	Type I	2 (4.7)
	Type II	41 (95.3)
Duration of diabetes (years)		7 (3–10)
Duration of Insulin therapy (years)		0.91 (0.80–3)
Type of insulin used	One	38 (88.4)
	Two	5 (11.6)
Administration of insulin	Self	25 (58.1)
	By others	18 (41.9)
Currently used insulin	Premix insulin	26 (60.5)
	Basal insulin	12 (27.9)
	Premix and basal insulin	4 (9.3)
	Basal and lispro insulin	1 (2.3)
Do you feel your IIT is correct?	Yes	17 (39.5)
	Not sure	26 (60.5)
Who instruct you about IIT?	Clinicians/physician	23 (53.5)
	Nurse	16 (37.2)
	Pharmacy personnel	3 (7.0)
	Others	1 (2.3)

IIT: insulin injection technique. Median [interquartile range (IQR)].