The Misconceptions and Determinants of Diabetes Knowledge in Patients with Diabetes in Taiwan

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of respondents ().

(a)

Variable	Mean	Standard deviation
Age (years)	60.1	13.1
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.9	4.4
Duration of diabetes (years)	10.1	8.4
HbA1c (%)	7.9	1.8
Knowledge test score	11.5	2.8

(b)

Variable		%
Gender
Male	282	56.3
Female	219	43.7
Level of education
No formal education	29	5.8
Elementary school or kindergarten	100	20.0
Junior high school	108	21.6
Senior high school/vocational high school/junior college	177	35.3
University	70	14.0
Masters	14	2.8
PhD	3	0.6
Average monthly income (TWD)
No income	276	55.1
Less than 15,000	21	4.2
15,001-30,000	51	10.2
30,001-45,000	70	14.0
45,001-60,000	48	9.6
60,001-75,000	14	2.8
More than 75,001	21	4.2
Type of treatment
Lifestyle management	166	33.1
Oral antidiabetic agent	443	88.4
Insulin	144	28.7
Injectable non-insulin drug	7	1.4