The mean duration after diagnosis of diabetes was
83 months and 33% had family history of diabetes.
Eighteen percent of the participants had a history
of admission due to diabetic problems, 70% reported
having other diseases in addition to diabetes.Thirteen
percent of the participants reported having diabetic
complications. More than 50% of the participants
were under diet and exercise therapy and 86% were
under oral hypoglycemic medication. Fifty-six percent
of the participants had received diabetic education.
Among the characteristics related to diabetes,
two characteristics, the proportion of patients under
insulin therapy and the presence of diabetic complications,
were significantly different in two groups.
The participants with specialist care were more likely
to receive insulin therapy (χ2 = 9.00, p = .004) and
higher proportion of patients in specialist care
reported to have diabetic complication (χ2 = 4.20,
p = .046) than those with generalist care. Other characteristics
related to diabetes were similar between
two groups (see Table 2).