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Table 1 Variables and measurement scales for demand and health behaviour of patients with type 2 diabetes

From: Identifying associations between health services operational factors and health experience for patients with type 2 diabetes in Iran

Components

Variables

Measurement scale a

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)