Table 1 Characteristics of sample
From: Validation of living with chronic illness scale in a type 2 diabetes mellitus population
| Sociodemographic characteristics |
Total sample N = 582 |
Subsample Spain N = 248 |
Subsample Colombia N = 334 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female (%) | 306 (52.6) | 95 (38.3) | 211 (63.2) | < 0.001a |
| Marital Status (%) | ||||
| Single | 87 (15.0) | 34 (13.9) | 53 (15.9) | < 0.001a |
| Married | 333 (57.5) | 165 (67.3) | 168 (50.3) | |
| Widower | 93 (16.1) | 31 (12.7) | 62 (18.6) | |
| Other | 66 (11.4) | 15 (6.1) | 51 (15.3) | |
| Occupation (%) | < 0.001a | |||
| Active | 174 (29.9) | 79 (32.0) | 95 (28.4) | |
| Homemaker | 159 (27.4) | 29 (11.7) | 130 (38.9) | |
| Retired | 121 (20.8) | 116 (47.0) | 5 (1.5) | |
| Other | ||||
| 127 (21.9) | 23 (9.3) | 104 (31.1) | ||
| Education (%) | 0.577a | |||
| None | 11 (1.9) | 3 (1.2) | 8 (2.4) | |
| Primary | 350 (60.3) | 144 (58.5) | 206 (61.7) | |
| High school | 134 (23.1) | 61 (24.8) | 73 (21.9) | |
| University | 85 (14.7) | 38 (15.4) | 47 (14.1) | |
| Insulin therapy (%) | 268 (51.5) | 69 (37.1) | 199 (59.6) | < 0.001a |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 64.15 (12.18) | 65.27 (11.32) | 63.32 (12,74) | 0.056b |
| Time since diagnosis* | 10.25 (9.51) | 11.49 (10.54) | 9.34 (8.56) | 0.007 b |
| Time with insulin therapy* | 4.04 (7.81) | 9.45 (12.16) | 2.92 (6.01) | < 0.001b |