Components | Variables | Measurement scale a |
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Demand | Age | Year (min: 22, max: 91) |
Sex | Female (0), male (1) | |
Education | Some years of schooling (0), high school diploma (1), university education (2) | |
Diabetes stage | Patient with T2D is dependent on medication (0) Patient with T2D is dependent on medication and/or insulin (1) | |
Comorbidity | Patient with T2D has no comorbidity (0) Patient with T2D has at least one chronic comorbidity (1) | |
Generic health behaviours | Physical activities | Insufficient physical activity: physical activity < 500 Metabolic Equivalents per week (0) Sufficient physical activity: physical activity≥500 Metabolic Equivalents per week (1) |
Smoking | Non-smoker (0), former smoker (1), current smoker (2) | |
Diabetes-specific health behaviours | Adherence to treatment | Composite measure of adherence to treatment consisting of adherence to advice for diet, medication, and/or insulin injection in a Likert scale from 1 for a least adherence to 5 for complete adherence. |
Frequency of the use of glucometer by the patient | Several times per day (0), once per day (1), once per some days (2), once per some weeks (3), no use of glucometer (4) |