Research Article
The Misconceptions and Determinants of Diabetes Knowledge in Patients with Diabetes in Taiwan
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of respondents (
).(a) |
| Variable | Mean | Standard deviation |
| Age (years) | 60.1 | 13.1 | BMI (kg/m2) | 26.9 | 4.4 | Duration of diabetes (years) | 10.1 | 8.4 | HbA1c (%) | 7.9 | 1.8 | Knowledge test score | 11.5 | 2.8 |
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(b) |
| Variable | | % |
| Gender | | | Male | 282 | 56.3 | Female | 219 | 43.7 | Level of education | | | No formal education | 29 | 5.8 | Elementary school or kindergarten | 100 | 20.0 | Junior high school | 108 | 21.6 | Senior high school/vocational high school/junior college | 177 | 35.3 | University | 70 | 14.0 | Masters | 14 | 2.8 | PhD | 3 | 0.6 | Average monthly income (TWD) | | | No income | 276 | 55.1 | Less than 15,000 | 21 | 4.2 | 15,001-30,000 | 51 | 10.2 | 30,001-45,000 | 70 | 14.0 | 45,001-60,000 | 48 | 9.6 | 60,001-75,000 | 14 | 2.8 | More than 75,001 | 21 | 4.2 | Type of treatment | | | Lifestyle management | 166 | 33.1 | Oral antidiabetic agent | 443 | 88.4 | Insulin | 144 | 28.7 | Injectable non-insulin drug | 7 | 1.4 |
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