Table 1 Characteristics of the study population, by intervention versus non-intervention municipalities and by participants receiving versus not receiving motivational counselling in intervention municipalities
Characteristics | 5 Intervention Municipalities (n = 364) | 7 Non-Intervention Municipalities (n = 543) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Received ≥ 1 motivational counselling n (%) 80 (22.0) | Did not receive motivational counselling n (%) 284 (78.0) | n (%) 543 (100.0%) | |
Sex | |||
 Male | 28 (35.0) | 123 (43.3) | 222 (40.8) |
 Female | 52 (65.0) | 161 (56.7) | 321 (59.1) |
Age | |||
 Average | 63.5 (SD = 6.9) | 60.4 (SD = 9.0) | 59.8 (SD = 9.4) |
Residence | |||
 Urban | 60 (75.0) | 150 (52.8) | 183 (33.7) |
 Rural | 20 (25.0) | 134 (47.2) | 360 (66.3) |
Marital status | |||
 Never married | 1 (1.3) | 2 (0.7) | 8 (1.5) |
 Currently married | 54 (67.5) | 230 (81.0) | 453 (83.4) |
 Separated | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.9) |
 Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.4) | 4 (0.7) |
 Widow (er) | 25 (31.2) | 48 (16.9) | 73 (13.4) |
Education | |||
 Primary school | 48 (60.0) | 187 (65.9) | 336 (61.9) |
 Secondary school | 30 (37.5) | 83 (29.2) | 166 (30.6) |
 College/University | 2 (2.5) | 14 (4.9) | 41 (7.6) |
Work status | |||
 Working | 8 (10.0) | 49 (17.2) | 99 (18.2) |
 House person | 20 (25.0) | 145 (51.1) | 266 (49.0) |
 Retired or disabled | 51 (63.8) | 85 (29.9) | 152 (28.0) |
 Unemployed | 1 (1.2) | 5 (1.8) | 26 (4.8) |
Ethnicity | |||
 Albanian | 75 (93.7) | 267 (94.0) | 486 (89.5) |
 Serbian | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 47 (8.6) |
 Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian, Other | 5 (6.25) | 17 (5.9) | 10 (1.8) |
Doctors diagnosed diabetesc | |||
 Yesa | 73 (91.2) | 153 (53.8) | 297 (54.7) |
 No | 7 (8.7) | 131 (46.1) | 246 (45.3) |
Doctors diagnosed hypertensionc | |||
 Yesa | 71 (88.7) | 204 (71.8) | 369 (67.9) |
 No | 9 (11.2) | 80 (28.1) | 174 (32.0) |
Doctors diagnosed CVDc | |||
 Yesa | 30 (37.5) | 69 (24.3) | 111 (20.4) |
 No | 50 (62.5) | 215 (75.7) | 432 (79.5) |
Family history of diabetes | |||
 Yesb | 47 (58.7) | 137 (48.2) | 242 (44.5) |
 No | 33 (41.2) | 147 (51.7) | 301 (55.4) |
Family history of CVD | |||
 Yesb | 29 (36.2) | 86 (30.2) | 167 (30.7) |
 No | 51 (63.7) | 198 (69.7) | 376 (69.2) |
Smoking | |||
 Yesa | 11 (13.7) | 63 (22.1) | 125 (23.0) |
 No | 69 (86.2) | 221 (77.8) | 418 (76.9) |
Obesity (BMI > =30 kg/m2) | |||
 Yesb | 49 (61.2) | 141 (49.6) | 296 (54.5) |
 No | 31 (38.7) | 143 (50.3) | 247 (45.5) |
Any of the above factors (diabetes, hypertension, CVD, history of diabetes, smoking, obesity) | |||
 Yes | 80 (100) | 272 (95.8) | 523 (96.3) |
 No | 0 | 12 (4.2) | 20 (3.7) |