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Table 3 Profile of patients who provided qualitative data (n = 186)

From: Patient satisfaction with doctor-patient interactions: a mixed methods study among diabetes mellitus patients in Pakistan

Gender

 

 Male

 Female

64

122

Age in years

 

 49 and less

 50 and above

59

127

Education

 

 Literate

 Illiterate

66

120

Health statusa

 

 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

  1. abased on subjective self-assessment and reportage of patients