Adherence to self-care practices, glycemic status and influencing factors in diabetes patients in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi

Table 2 Patient characteristics and association with medical non-adherence n (%)

Variable	Total(n = 375)	Medicationnon-adherence(n = 66)	Dietarynon-adherence(n = 58)	Physical activitynon-adherence(n = 253)
Age (yr)
< 50	168 (44.8)	29 (17.2)	28 (16.6)	109
≥ 50	207 (55.2)	37 (17.8)	30 (14.5)	144
Gender
Men	201 (53.6)	31 (15.4)	36 (18)	114 (56.7)b
Women	174 (46.4)	35 (20.1)	22 (12.6)	139 (80)
Education (yr)
< 5	132 (35.2)	33 (25)a	21 (16)	101 (76.5)b
≥ 5	243 (64.8)	33 (13.5)	37 (15.2)	152 (62.5)
SES
Upper-upper middle	92 (24.5)	14 (15.2)	14 (15.2)	56 (61)
Lower middle	200 (53.4)	34 (17)	27 (13.5)	137 (68.5)
Upper lower-lower	83 (22.1)	18 (21.7)	17 (20.5)	60 (72.3)
Family type
Joint	289 (77)	58 (20)a	46 (16)	204 (70.5)a
Nuclear/alone	86 (23)	8 (9.3)	12 (14)	49 (57)
DM duration (yr)
≤ 5	205 (54.7)	37 (18)	34 (16.6)	130 (63.4)
> 5	170 (45.3)	29 (17)	24 (14.1)	123 (72.3)
Hypertension
Present	191 (51)	22 (11.5)b	29 (15.2)	126 (66)
Absent	184 (49)	44 (24)	29 (15.7)	127 (69)
Insulin therapy
Present	118 (31.5)	12 (10.2)a	20 (17)	78 (66.1)
Absent	257 (68.5)	54 (21)	38 (14.8)	175 (68)
Family assistance with medication
Present	71 (19)	7 (9.8)a
Absent	304 (81)	59 (19.4)	-	-
Family help with diet
Present	89 (23.7)	-	8 (9)	-
Absent	286 (76.3)		50 (17.5)

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.01.