Research Article
Safe Travel Practices and Awareness among Diabetic Patients
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the included diabetic patients (n = 242).
| | Variable | N (%) |
| | Age (mean ± SD) | 51.58 ± 11.96 | | Duration of diabetes (mean ± SD) | 12.75 ± 8.64 | | Gender (male) | 65 (27.2) | | Type of DM | | T1DM | 37 (15.3) | | T2DM | 205 (84.7) | | Occupation | | Unemployed | 120 (50.8) | | Ever employed | 116 (49.2) | | Income (SR) | | <5000 | 52 (21.5) | | 5000–<10000 | 58 (24) | | 10000–<15000 | 36 (14.9) | | >15000 | 27 (11.2) | | Don’t know/don’t want to answer | 69 (28.5) | | Smoking | | Nonsmokers | 213 (88) | | Ever smoked | 29 (12) | | Education | | School education | 158 (65.3) | | Higher education | 84 (34.7) | | Marital status | | Not married | 76 (31.5) | | Married | 165 (68.5) | | Medications | | Insulin users | 105 (43.4) | | Noninsulin users | 137 (56.6) | | Comorbidities | | Cardio vascular (yes) | 53 (22.8) | | COPD (yes) | 27 (11.6) | | Hypertension (yes) | 115 (49.6) | | Nephropathy (yes) | 7 (3) | | Thyroid (yes) | 39 (16.8) | | Musculoskeletal (yes) | 11 (4.7) | | Others | 23 (9.9) | | None | 57 (24.6) | | Last trip time | | Past 6 months | 127 (52.5) | | Past 6 months–1 year | 71 (29.3) | | Past 1-2 year | 31 (12.8) | | Past >2 years | 13 (5.4) | | Destination | | Domestic travel | 145 (59.9) | | International travel | 96 (40.1) | | Duration of last trip | | <1 month | 205 (84.7) | | 1–6 months | 37 (15.3) | | Transpiration method | | Airplane | 147 (60.7) | | Car | 91 (37.6) | | Train | 1 (0.4) | | Physician telling about the importance of pretravel consolation visit (yes) | 56 (23.7) | | Travel-associated fears (yes) | 36 (14.9) | | Doctor’s advice can help with fears | 29 (82.9) |
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