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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Thoughts about health and patient-reported outcomes among people with diabetes mellitus: results from the DiaDec-study

Characteristics

n (%) / M ± SD;

median (quartile)

Total number of participants

726

Age (years), n = 726

67.6 ± 9.7; 70.0 (q1: 62.0; q3: 75.0)

Sex, n = 726

 Female

273 (37.6)

Education, n = 707

 No graduation

146 (20.7)

 Other graduation

523 (74.0)

 University degree

38 (5.4)

Employment, n = 711

177 (24.9)

Marital status, n = 722

 Married and Living together

543 (75.2)

Migration background, n = 724

120 (16.6)

Type of diabetes, n = 720

 Type 1 diabetes

59 (8.2)

 Type 2 diabetes

616 (85.6)

 Other

7 (1.0)

 Not known to participants

38 (5.3)

Diabetes duration, n = 702

 10 years or more

349 (49.7)

Oral glucose-lowering drugs, n = 726

496 (68.3)

Insulin, n = 726

213 (29.3)

No. of comorbidities, n = 726

 > 3 comorbidities

311 (42.8)

 No. of comorbidities

3.7 ± 2.1; 3.0 (q1: 2.0; q3: 5.0)

Perceived health status, n = 722

 Very good–excellent

62 (8.6)

 Good

406 (56.2)

 Fair–poor

254 (35.2)

Physical summary score of theSF-12, n = 660

41.9 ± 11.0; 43.7 (q1: 33.1; q3: 51.7)

Mental summary score of theSF-12, n = 660

50.1 ± 10.5; 53.7 (q1: 42.3; q3: 58.1)

High diabetes-related distress,n = 678

92 (13.6)

Depressive symptoms, n = 722

85 (11.8)