Table 2 Study participants’ characteristics (n = 39)
From: Ethiopian patients’ perceptions of anti-diabetic medications: implications for diabetes education
Sex | |
Female | 19 |
Male | 20 |
Age (years) | |
30-39 | 2 |
40-49 | 8 |
50-59 | 14 |
60-69 | 10 |
>70 | 5 |
Educational status | |
Low education (illiterate or basic literacy) | 16 |
Elementary complete | 8 |
Secondary school complete | 8 |
Post-secondary school education | 7 |
Occupation | |
Clerical work | 7 |
Rents house | 4 |
Small business | 5 |
Farming | 5 |
Pensioner | 9 |
Unemployed | 5 |
Others | 4 |
Payment for health services incl. medicines | |
Out of pocket | 13 |
Government | 23 |
Employer | 3 |
Diabetes duration (years) | |
1–5 | 10 |
6–10 | 14 |
11–15 | 7 |
16–20 | 4 |
21–25 | 4 |
Treatment regimen | |
Oral: | |
Glibenclamide + metformin | 22 |
Glimepiride + metformin | 1 |
Glibenclamide | 1 |
Insulin | 14 |
Insulin plus metformin | 1 |