Table 1 The characteristics of study participants (n = 400)
From: Psychometric evaluation of Persian version of Diabetes Acceptance Scale (DAS)
Variables | Number (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 175 (43.8) |
Female | 225(56.2) | |
Educational | Primary | 141 (35.5) |
Secondary | 185 (46) | |
Higher | 74 (18.5) | |
Marital status Employment status | Married | 324 (81) |
Single | 20 (5) | |
Widowed | 42 (10.5) | |
Divorced | 14 (3.5) | |
Housewife | 176 (44) | |
Employed | 93 (23.3) | |
Retired | 117 (29.2) | |
Unemployed | 14 (3.5) | |
Adequacy of income | Yes | 161 (40.2) |
No | 239 (59.8) | |
Type of diabetes | type 1 | 49 (12.2) |
type 2 | 351 (87.8) | |
Mean (SD) | ||
Age (years) | 56.43 (12.6) | |
Diabetes duration (years) | 9.37 (6.87) | |
HbA1c (%) | 8.05 (1.84) | |