Table 1 Demographic and clinical data
Study sample n = 2681 | Whole sample n = 2866 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Values are % or mean (SD) | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 55.8 | 55.9 | |
Age | 63.2 (7.7) | 63.4 (7.8) | |
Age | |||
27 to 54 | 13.0 | 12.7 | |
55 to 64 | 38.7 | 37.9 | |
65 to 75 | 48.3 | 49.4 | |
Professional education | |||
Upper secondary education (vocational school) or less | 59.0 | 59.8 | |
Higher education (college, polytechnic, university) | 41.0 | 40.2 | |
Marital status | |||
Single | 9.6 | 9.8 | |
Married/cohabiting | 67.0 | 66.5 | |
Widowed/divorced | 23.4 | 23.7 | |
Duration of diabetes | |||
1–3 years | 19.7 | 19.5 | |
4–10 years | 53.1 | 52.9 | |
More than 10 years | 27.3 | 27.6 | |
Medicationa | |||
Oral drugs only | 74.6 | 74.7 | |
Oral drugs + insulin/insulin only | 24.1 | 24.1 | |
Other (e.g. GLP-1 analog) | 1.3 | 1.2 | |
Service provider responsible for care of diabetesb | |||
Municipal healthcare center | 77.2 | 77.6 | |
Occupational healthcare service | 18.4 | 18.2 | |
Private healthcare center | 4.4 | 4.3 | |
Perceived autonomy support (HCCQ) | range 1–5 | 3.5 (1.2) | 3.6 (1.2) |
Perceived competence | range 1–5 | 4.2 (0.9) | 4.2 (0.9) |
Diabetes empowerment | range 1–5 | 4.0 (0.7) | 4.0 (0.7) |
Self-reported health | |||
Poor | 50.7 | 50.7 | |
Good | 26.6 | 26.4 | |
Very good | 22.7 | 22.9 | |
Continuity of care | |||
Regular physician (yes) | 74.3 | 74.5 | |
Regular nurse (yes) | 51.5 | 51.5 | |