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