Table 3

- Characteristics of study sample by DSMQ* score (n=279)

Characteristics	Mean	P-value
Age (years)		0.72
<30	6.33
31-45	6.54
>45	6.82
Gender	6.47	0.975
Male	6.47
Female
Level of education	7.3	0.029
Primary	6.82
Intermediate	6.18
Secondary	6.55
College	6.81
Higher than college
Social status	6.67	0.068
Married	6.33
Single	7.16
Divorced	5.77
Widowed
Monthly income (SAR)	6.24	0.026
<5000	6.63
5000 to 1000	6.65
<10000 to 15000	7.27
<15000 to 20000	6.75
<20000
Type of diabetes	6.45	0.705
Type I	6.52
Type II
Type of treatment	6.39	0.2
Insulin only	6.63
Insulin with oral medications
Duration of diabetes diagnosis (years)	6.77	0.187
<4	6.38
4 to 10	6.39
>10
DKS score	6.57	0.015
>50%	6.02
<50%