Gender | Â |
 Male  Female | 64 122 |
Age in years | Â |
 49 and less  50 and above | 59 127 |
Education | Â |
 Literate  Illiterate | 66 120 |
Health statusa | Â |
 Mode of treatment   Medication   Insulin  Comorbidities   Yes   No  Familiarity of type of DM  Patient’s current state   Stable   Severe   Extremely critical | 186 55 131 128 98 30 0 92 28 39 25 |
Dependence on family members | 69 |