Research Article
Insulin Knowledge, Handling, and Storage among Diabetic Pilgrims during the Hajj Mass Gathering
Table 3
Variables and insulin storage mean knowledge scores among diabetic pilgrims.
| Variable | | Mean | SD | value |
| Gender | | | | | Male | 107 | 0.50 | 0.29 | 0.720 | Female | 67 | 0.50 | 0.22 | | Age | | | | | <35 | 6 | 0.60 | 0.15 | <0.001 | 35-49 | 25 | 0.69 | 0.24 | | 50-64 | 104 | 0.47 | 0.19 | | ≥60 | 39 | 0.44 | 0.20 | | Nationality | | | | | Middle East and North Africa | 63 | 0.49 | 0.20 | 0.008 | South Asia | 49 | 0.41 | 0.14 | | Sub-Saharan Africa | 15 | 0.53 | 0.18 | | Southeast Asia | 41 | 0.59 | 0.27 | | United States of America | 5 | 0.55 | 0.22 | | Literacy | | | | | Yes | 133 | 0.53 | 0.21 | 0.002 | No | 20 | 0.37 | 0.16 | | Level of education | | | | | University/higher education | 58 | 0.59 | 0.20 | 0.011 | Secondary education | 52 | 0.52 | 0.23 | | Primary education | 33 | 0.45 | 0.16 | | No formal education | 22 | 0.34 | 0.15 | | Duration of insulin therapy | | | | | ≤5 years | 72 | 0.44 | 0.18 | 0.009 | 6-10 years | 39 | 0.52 | 0.18 | | >10 years | 37 | 0.55 | 0.24 | | Education on insulin storage | | | | | Yes | 143 | 0.52 | 0.21 | 0.001 | No | 28 | 0.38 | 0.19 | |
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Including Turkey. value for the Mann–Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis tests. SD: standard deviation. |