| Diabetes data | Total | Overall knowledge level | P-value | ||||
| Poor | Good | ||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Do you have diabetes? | 0.338 | ||||||
| Yes | 32 | 9.4% | 19 | 8.4% | 13 | 11.6% | |
| No | 307 | 90.6% | 208 | 91.6% | 99 | 88.4% | |
| Type of DM | 0.183 | ||||||
| Type 1 DM | 10 | 31.3% | 6 | 31.6% | 4 | 30.8% | |
| Type 2 DM | 18 | 56.3% | 9 | 47.4% | 9 | 69.2% | |
| I don’t know | 4 | 12.5% | 4 | 21.1% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Duration of DM (years) | 0.283 | ||||||
| <5 | 9 | 28.1% | 6 | 31.6% | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 6 - 10 | 9 | 28.1% | 3 | 15.8% | 6 | 46.2% | |
| 11 - 20 | 9 | 28.1% | 6 | 31.6% | 3 | 23.1% | |
| >20 | 5 | 15.6% | 4 | 21.1% | 1 | 7.7% | |
| How is your diabetes treated? | 0.684 | ||||||
| Diet control and or exercise | 1 | 3.1% | 1 | 5.3% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Tablets | 16 | 50.0% | 9 | 47.4% | 7 | 53.8% | |
| Insulin injections | 13 | 40.6% | 7 | 36.8% | 6 | 46.2% | |
| None-monitoring | 1 | 3.1% | 1 | 5.3% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Others | 1 | 3.1% | 1 | 5.3% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Your last HbA1C level? | 0.412 | ||||||
| <6.5% | 6 | 18.8% | 3 | 15.8% | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 6.5% - 7.5% | 9 | 28.1% | 7 | 36.8% | 2 | 15.4% | |
| >7.5% | 17 | 53.1% | 9 | 47.4% | 8 | 61.5% | |