Table 4 Association of demographic factors with mean blood glucose and adherence to glucose meter among the intervention group
Association between adherence and participants’ demographics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
< 80% adherence to blood glucose testing | = > 80% adherence to blood glucose testing | ||
Occupation | |||
Farmer | 9 (75.0) | 11(55.0) | 0.342 |
Professional | 1 (8.3) | 1(5.0) | |
Casual | 2 (16.7) | 8(40.0) | |
Marital status | |||
Married | 12 (100) | 13 (61.9) | 0.030 |
Divorced/single/separated | 0 | 8 (31.1) | |
Level of education | |||
Primary or less | 11 (91.7) | 17 (80.9) | 0.630 |
Secondary or higher | 1 (8.33) | 4 (19.1) | |
BMI | |||
Normal | 9 (75.0) | 14 (66.7) | 0.710 |
Obese/overweight | 3(25.0) | 7 (33.3) | |
Diabetes duration (continuous) | 0.801 | ||
Age (continuous) n = 33 | 0.539 | ||
HbA1C at six months (continuous) | 0.714 | ||