Identification of Psychological Factors Associated with Adherence to Self-Care Behaviors amongst Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 1

Participants’ characteristics. .

Sex (% women)	58
Age (years)ª	36 (11.8)
Duration of disease (years)ª	18.3 (10.2)
HbA1c (%)ª
HbA1c (mmol/mol)ª
Insulin treatment (%)
Multiple injections	78.1
Pump	18.4
Carbohydrate counting (%)	67.5
At least one event (% of patients)
Mild hypoglycemia (weekly)	89.6
Severe hypoglycemia (any time)	31.1
Admission due to hyperglycemia (any time)	28.3
Drug treatment for depression or anxiety (%)	16
Cardiovascular risk factors (%)	41.7
Sedentary (%)	32.5
Complications (%)	30.9
Retinopathy	24.1
Nephropathy	9.2
Neuropathy	12.3
Macroangiopathy	3.5
Limited by complications (%)	9
Lives with (%)
Family	71.9
Partner	18.6
Alone	7.5
Other	2
Education (%)
Unqualified	1.2
Primary	30.4
Secondary	38.4
University	30
Occupation (%)
Student	14.9
Employed	55.7
Unemployed	22.6
Other	6.9

ªData are expressed as mean (SD).