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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the intervention and the control group

From: The influence of mobile phone-based health reminders on patient adherence to medications and healthy lifestyle recommendations for effective management of diabetes type 2: a randomized control trial in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Variables

Intervention

Control

p value

Group Size

N = 160

100.0%

N = 160

100.0%

 

Average Age [range in years]

53 [30–85]

51 [30–75]

0.011

No. of female

119

74.0%

130

81.0%

0.14

Marital status

    

0.422

 Never married

0

0.0%

1

0.5%

 

 Married

126

79.0%

130

81.0%

 Divorced

1

0.5%

2

1.5%

 Widow

33

20.5%

27

17.0%

Education

    

0.017

 No Formal schooling

24

15.0%

27

17.0%

 

 Primary school

39

25.0%

44

28.0%

 Secondary school

83

52.0%

89

55.0%

 University level

14

9.0%

0

0.0%

 

Work status

    

0.524

 Government Job

9

5.5%

9

5.5%

 

 Private Company

3

2.0%

12

8.0%

 Self-employed (business)

21

13.0%

14

9.0%

 Homemaker (housewife)

110

69.0%

114

71.0%

 Retired person

17

10.5%

10

6.0%

 Unable to work

0

0.0%

1

0.5%

Type of family

    

1.000

 Nuclear

120

75.0%

120

75.0%

 

 Combined

40

25.0%

40

25.0%

No. of family members contributing in family income

116

   

0.142

 1 member

34

73.0%

102

64.0%

 

 2 members

7

21.0%

44

27.0%

 3 members

3

4.0%

11

7.0%

 4 members

 

2.0%

3

2.0%

Monthly Family Income (in Euro; 1 Euro = 86.024 BDT)

    

0.233

 <  116

12

7.0%

19

12.0%

 

 117–465

88

55.0%

91

56.0%

 >  465

40

25.0%

36

22.5%

 Refused to answer

3

1.5%

7

4.0%

 Don’t know

17

11.5%

7

4.0%