Research Article

Identification of Psychological Factors Associated with Adherence to Self-Care Behaviors amongst Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 1

Participants’ characteristics. .

Sex (% women)58
Age (years)ª36 (11.8)
Duration of disease (years)ª18.3 (10.2)
HbA1c (%)ª
HbA1c (mmol/mol)ª
Insulin treatment (%)
 Multiple injections78.1
 Pump18.4
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
 Retinopathy24.1
 Nephropathy9.2
 Neuropathy12.3
 Macroangiopathy3.5
Limited by complications (%)9
Lives with (%)
 Family71.9
 Partner18.6
 Alone7.5
 Other2
Education (%)
 Unqualified1.2
 Primary30.4
 Secondary38.4
 University30
Occupation (%)
 Student14.9
 Employed55.7
 Unemployed22.6
 Other6.9

ªData are expressed as mean (SD).