Table 2 Disease-related characteristics...

Table 2

Disease-related characteristics of insulin-treated individuals with type 2 diabetes

Variable	Number / Mean	Percentage
Diabetes chronic complications
Yes	17	17.0
No	83	83.0
Nondiabetes chronic illness
Yes	52	52.0
No	48	48.0
Insulin training
Yes	88	88.0
No	12	12.0
Telling friends/others about his/her diabetes
Yes	93	93.0
No	7	7.0
Delaying insulin use when in public/crowded places
Yes	39	39.0
No	61	61.0
Not taking insulin in public
Yes	38	38.0
No	62	62.0
Smoking
Yes	9	9.0
No	91	91.0
Mean (min–max)
Number of injections per day	2.85 ± 1.13 (min–max = 1.00–4.00)
Diabetes duration	11.24 ± 4.94 (min–max = 0.30–30.00)
BMI	30.81 ± 8.65 (min–max = 17.26–70.34)
A1C	9.12 ± 2.51 (min–max = 5.40–17.32)
Daily number of cigarettes smoked	7.33 ± 8.97 (min–max = 1.00–30.00)
Diabetes self-care behaviour	1.98 ± 0.94 (min–max = 0.00–4.00)
Exercise self-care behavior	0.67 ± 0.52 (min–max = 0.00–2.00)
Medicine (insulin) self-care behavior	1.68 ± 0.77 (min–max = 0.29–3.00)
Self-monitoring of blood glucose	0.88 ± 0.61 (min–max = 0.00–2.00)
Foot care	0.73 ± 0.62 (min–max = 0.00–2.00)
Negative insulin appraisal	44.73 ± 5.77 (min–max = 33.00–59.00)
Positive insulin appraisal	13.91 ± 2.41 (min–max = 6.00–19.00)
Total negative insulin treatment appraisal (ITAS)	54.83 ± 6.01 (min–max = 43.00–74.00)
Stigmatization	0.91 ± 0.59 (min–max = 0.30–2.50)

Variable	Number / Mean	Percentage
Diabetes chronic complications
Yes	17	17.0
No	83	83.0
Nondiabetes chronic illness
Yes	52	52.0
No	48	48.0
Insulin training
Yes	88	88.0
No	12	12.0
Telling friends/others about his/her diabetes
Yes	93	93.0
No	7	7.0
Delaying insulin use when in public/crowded places
Yes	39	39.0
No	61	61.0
Not taking insulin in public
Yes	38	38.0
No	62	62.0
Smoking
Yes	9	9.0
No	91	91.0
Mean (min–max)
Number of injections per day	2.85 ± 1.13 (min–max = 1.00–4.00)
Diabetes duration	11.24 ± 4.94 (min–max = 0.30–30.00)
BMI	30.81 ± 8.65 (min–max = 17.26–70.34)
A1C	9.12 ± 2.51 (min–max = 5.40–17.32)
Daily number of cigarettes smoked	7.33 ± 8.97 (min–max = 1.00–30.00)
Diabetes self-care behaviour	1.98 ± 0.94 (min–max = 0.00–4.00)
Exercise self-care behavior	0.67 ± 0.52 (min–max = 0.00–2.00)
Medicine (insulin) self-care behavior	1.68 ± 0.77 (min–max = 0.29–3.00)
Self-monitoring of blood glucose	0.88 ± 0.61 (min–max = 0.00–2.00)
Foot care	0.73 ± 0.62 (min–max = 0.00–2.00)
Negative insulin appraisal	44.73 ± 5.77 (min–max = 33.00–59.00)
Positive insulin appraisal	13.91 ± 2.41 (min–max = 6.00–19.00)
Total negative insulin treatment appraisal (ITAS)	54.83 ± 6.01 (min–max = 43.00–74.00)
Stigmatization	0.91 ± 0.59 (min–max = 0.30–2.50)

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