From: Barriers and facilitators to insulin treatment: a phenomenological inquiry
Description | No. of patients | Description | No. of patients |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Occupational status | ||
30–39 | 4 | Farmer | 5 |
40–49 | 4 | Merchant | 3 |
50–59 | 6 | Public servant | 5 |
60–69 | 5 | House wife | 3 |
 ≥ 70 | 5 | Retired | 3 |
Marital status | Unemployed | 5 | |
Married | 17 | Diabetes duration (years) | |
Widowed | 6 | 1–5 | 6 |
Divorced | 1 | 6–10 | 7 |
Religion | 11–15 | 3 | |
Orthodox | 11 | 16–20 | 4 |
Muslim | 12 | 21–25 | 2 |
Protestant | 1 | 26–30 | 1 |
Educational status | 31–35 | 1 | |
Illiterate | 11 | Insulin duration (years) | |
Basic literacy | 4 |  < 1 | 4 |
Secondary school | 4 | 1–5 | 13 |
Diploma | 2 | 6–10 | 4 |
Graduate | 2 | 11–15 | 1 |
Postgraduate | 1 | 16–20 | 1 |
Residence | 21–25 | 1 | |
Urban | 17 | Â | Â |
Rural | 7 | Â | Â |