Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the patients and physicians
USA (n = 151) | UK (n = 100) | Spain (n = 100) | India (n = 100) | Japan (n = 101) | Brazil (n = 100) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 58% | 60% | 60% | 62% | 72% | 60% |
Female | 42% | 40% | 40% | 38% | 28% | 40% |
Mean age (in years) | 60.6 | 59.6 | 53.3 | 52.3 | 57.8 | 52.4 |
Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 33.1 | 31.0 | 28.9 | 24.7 | 24.9 | 33.9 |
Employed full-time | 20% | 26% | 29% | 53% | 47% | 48% |
Employed part-time | 7% | 18% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 22% |
Student | – | – | – | 1% | – | 3% |
Not working for health reasons | 17% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 8% |
Not working for other reasons | 9% | 1% | 27% | 4% | 13% | 2% |
Retired | 47% | 46% | 24% | 25% | 31% | 17% |
Low income | 33% | 46% | 85% | 31% | 52% | 8% |
Middle income | 48% | 28% | 3% | 30% | 35% | 23% |
High income | 15% | 10% | 4% | 33% | 5% | 66% |
Prefer not to say | 4% | 16% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 3% |
USA (n = 75) | UK (n = 50) | Spain (n = 51) | India (n = 50) | Japan (n = 56) | Brazil (n = 55) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCPs | 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 71% | 78% |
Endocrinologist/diabetologist | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 29% | 22% |
Mean time as a medical doctor (in years) | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 15 |
Average proportion of time spent counselling patients | 97% | 87% | 88% | 81% | 92% | 91% |
Average number of T2DM patients seen in a month | 170 | 102 | 125 | 261 | 209 | 124 |