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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics (n = 19)

From: ‘Learning to shape life’ – a qualitative study on the challenges posed by a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type 2

Variable

Grouping

 

Age

Mean

63 years

Minimum

47 years

Maximum

87 years

Sex

Female

7

Male

12

Education

Low

10

High

9

Occupational status

Working

10

Out of work

2

Pensioners

7

Recruited in

General practice

9

Special diabetological office

7

Inpatient care

3

Therapy

Oral antidiabetic medication

9

Insulin therapy

9

Mixed form

1