Research Article
Identification of Psychological Factors Associated with Adherence to Self-Care Behaviors amongst Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Table 1
Participants’ characteristics.
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| Sex (% women) | 58 | Age (years)ª | 36 (11.8) | Duration of disease (years)ª | 18.3 (10.2) | HbA1c (%)ª | | HbA1c (mmol/mol)ª | | Insulin treatment (%) | | Multiple injections | 78.1 | Pump | 18.4 | Carbohydrate counting (%) | 67.5 | At least one event (% of patients) | | Mild hypoglycemia (weekly) | 89.6 | Severe hypoglycemia (any time) | 31.1 | Admission due to hyperglycemia (any time) | 28.3 | Drug treatment for depression or anxiety (%) | 16 | Cardiovascular risk factors (%) | 41.7 | Sedentary (%) | 32.5 | Complications (%) | 30.9 | Retinopathy | 24.1 | Nephropathy | 9.2 | Neuropathy | 12.3 | Macroangiopathy | 3.5 | Limited by complications (%) | 9 | Lives with (%) | | Family | 71.9 | Partner | 18.6 | Alone | 7.5 | Other | 2 | Education (%) | | Unqualified | 1.2 | Primary | 30.4 | Secondary | 38.4 | University | 30 | Occupation (%) | | Student | 14.9 | Employed | 55.7 | Unemployed | 22.6 | Other | 6.9 |
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ªData are expressed as mean (SD).
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