A qualitative study on why did the poorly-educated Chinese elderly fail to attend nurse-led case manager clinic and how to facilitate their attendance

Table 2 Summary of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of respondents

Characteristics (n, %)
Socio-demographic
	Gender
		Female	12
		Male	7
	Age (year, mean ± SD)		73.8 ± 8.97
	Occupation
		Employee	1
		Retired	10
		Housewife	7
		Umemployed	1
	Education
		Nil	9
		Primary	10
		Secondary	1
Clinical
	Duration of DM (year, mean ± SD)		9.85 ± 5.58
	Latest HbA1c level		6.8% ± 0.9%
	Diabetes Complication
		Retinopathy	5
		Microalbuminuria	8
		Renal impairment	4
		Stroke	2
		Cardiovascular disease (CVD)	2
		Eye complication	2
		Leg ulcer	1
		Peripheral Vascular disease	1
	Comorbidity
		Hypertension	15
		Musculoskeletal problem	6
		Other Heart Disease (exclude CVD)	3
		Chronic obstructive airway disease	1

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