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Table 1 Descriptive statistics—sociodemographic characteristics, diabetes outcomes, and scale results

From: Cross-national comparison of psychosocial well-being and diabetes outcomes in adults with type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic in US, Brazil, and Iran

Sociodemographic

US

Brazil

Iran

P-value

Contingency

PERC/MEAN

SD

PERC/MEAN

SD

PERC/MEAN

SD

Gender

        

 Male

23.69

 

16.99

 

24.49

 

0.0085*

 

 Female

76.31

 

83.02

 

75.51

   

Marital status

        

 With partner

61.64

 

40.25

 

32.55

 

 < 0.0001*

0.2296

 Without

38.36

 

59.75

 

67.45

   

Education level

        

 High school

14.23

 

26.42

 

43.87

 

 < 0.0001*

0.2970

 Associate

12.23

 

0.00

 

6.60

   

 Bachelor

38.50

 

46.54

 

30.66

   

 Graduate

35.04

 

27.04

 

18.87

   

Residential area

        

 Rural

19.00

 

3.77

 

9.43

 

 < 0.0001*

0.4730

 Urban

24.11

 

92.24

 

90.57

   

 Suburban

56.69

 

3.98

 

0.00

   
 

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

  

Age

45.00

27.00

28.87

11.81

29.00

11.00

 < 0.0001†

 

Time diagnosis

25.00

15.00

14.00

14.00

11.00

7.00

 < 0.0001†

 

Diabetes outcomes

 HbA1c

6.97

1.10

7.94

1.75

7.47

1.69

 < 0.0001†

 

 TiR

69.64

18.05

51.95

26.59

51.73

26.22

 < 0.0001†

 

Scales

 PHQ-8

        

 No

73.59

 

47.17

 

39.15

 

 < 0.0001*

0.2942

 Major/Sev major

26.41

 

52.83

 

60.85

   

T1-DDS

        

 No/little/moderate

86.60

 

69.18

 

42.92

 

 < 0.0001*

0.3437

 High

13.40

 

30.82

 

57.08

   

DBS

        

 Exhustion

3.22

1.00

3.13

1.16

3.17

1.03

 < 0.0001†

 

 Detachment

1.65

0.64

2.05

1.03

2.72

1.07

 < 0.0001†

 

 Loss of control

2.21

0.92

2.97

0.95

3.29

0.72

 < 0.0001†

 

 DBS-Total

2.31

0.66

2.64

0.85

3.01

0.81

 < 0.0001†

 

 Self-reported overall burnout

3.22

1.00

3.13

1.16

3.17

1.03

 < 0.0001†

 

 Not

28.84

 

32.29

 

19.34

 

 < 0.0001†

0.2390

 Mild

48.59

 

36.90

 

30.66

   

 Moderate

19.20

 

30.80

 

22.17

   

 Severe

3.37

 

8.16

 

27.83

   
  1. *Chi-square test
  2. †Kruskal–wallis test