Adherence to self-care practices, glycemic status and influencing factors in diabetes patients in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi

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World Journal of Diabetes

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World J Diabetes. May 15, 2018; 9(5): 72-79
Published online May 15, 2018. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v9.i5.72

Table 4 Patient characteristics associated with suboptimal glycemic control n (%)

Variable	Total(n = 375)	Suboptimal glycemic control(n = 259)	P value
Age (yr)
≤ 50	168 (44.8)	118 (70.2)	0.74
> 50	207 (55.2)	141 (68.1)
Gender
Men	201 (53.6)	131 (65.1)	0.09
Women	174 (46.4)	128 (73.5)
Education (yr)
< 5	132 (35.2)	96 (72.7)	0.29
≥ 5	243 (64.8)	163 (67)
SES
Upper/upper middle	92 (24.5)	57 (62)
Lower middle	200 (53.4)	143 (71.5)	0.24
Lower middle/lower	83 (22.1)	59 (71)
Family type
Joint	289 (77)	205 (71)	0.18
Nuclear/alone	86 (23)	54 (62.8)
DM duration (yr)
≤ 5	205 (54.7)	136 (66.3)	0.22
> 5	170 (45.3)	123 (72.3)
Hypertension
Present	191 (51)	130 (68)	0.74
Absent	184 (49)	129 (70)
Insulin therapy
Present	118 (31.5)	93 (79)	0.006
Absent	257 (68.5)	166 (64.6)
Family help with diet
Present	89 (23.7)	53 (59.5)	0.035
Absent	286 (76.3)	206 (72)
Medication adherence
Non-adherent	66 (17.6)	55 (83.3)	0.005
Adherent	309 (82.4)	204 (54.4)

Citation: Basu S, Garg S, Sharma N, Singh MM, Garg S. Adherence to self-care practices, glycemic status and influencing factors in diabetes patients in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi. World J Diabetes 2018; 9(5): 72-79
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9358/full/v9/i5/72.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v9.i5.72

Basu S, Garg S, Sharma N, Singh MM, Garg S. Adherence to self-care practices, glycemic status and influencing factors in diabetes patients in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi. World J Diabetes 2018; 9(5): 72-79 [PMID: 29988911 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v9.i5.72]

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