age of patient
1 = 18-35
2 = 36-50
3 = 51-65
4 = 66and above

sex of the patient
1 = male
2 = female

marital status
1 = single
2 = married
3 = divorced
4 = widowed

0 = 1-5
1 = 6-10

residence of patient
1 = urban
2 = rural

educational status
1 = no formal education
2 = primary school
3 = secondary school
4 = higher education

0 = low
1 = 0
2 = medium
3 = high

type of DM
1 = type 1 DM
2 = type 2 DM
3 = others

current antdiabetic drugs
1 = insulin injection
2 = oral anti-diabetic drugs
3 = both insulin injection and oral antidiabetic drugs

other comorbidities
1 = hypertension
2 = dyslipidemia
3 = cardiovascular disease
4 = hypertention and dyslipidemia
5 = hypertention and cardiovascular disease
6 = others
7 = none

signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia (no of correct answers)
0 = none
1 = frequent urination
2 = extreme thirst
3 = drinking a lot or eating a lot
4 = blurred vision
5 = drowisness
6 = fatigue
7 = frequent urination and extreme thirst
8 = frequent urination and drinking a lot or eating a lot
9 = frequent urination and blurred vision
10 = frequent urination and drowisness
11 = frequent urination and fatigue
12 = extreme thirst and drinking a lot or eating a lot
13 = extreme thrist and blurred vision
14 = extreme thrist and drowisness
15 = extreme thrist and fatigue
16 = drinking a lot or eating a lot and blurred vision
17 = drnking a lot or eating a lot and drowisness
18 = drinking a lot or eating and fatigue
19 = blurred vision and drowisness
20 = blurred vision and fatigue
21 = drowisness and fatigue
22 = frequent urination, extreme thrist and drinking a lot or eating a lot
23 = frequent urination, extreme thrist and blurred vision
24 = frequent urination, extreme thrist and drowisness
25 = frequent urination, extreme thrist and fatigue
26 = frequent urination, drinking a lot or eating a lot and blurred vision
27 = frequent urination, drinking alot or eating a lot and drowisness
28 = frequent urination, drinking a lot or eating a lot and fatigue
29 = extreme thrist, drinking a lot or eating a lot and blurred vision
30 = extreme thrist, drinking a lot or eating a lot and drowsiness
31 = extreme thrist, drinking a lot or eating a lot and fatigue
32 = extreme thrist,blurred vision and drowisness
33 = extreme thrist,blurred vision and fatigue
34 = extreme thrist,drowisness and fatigue

signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia (number of correct answers)
0 = none
1 = hunger
2 = nervousness
3 = restlessness
4 = confusion
5 = sweaty
6 = fast heart rate
7 = hunger and nervousness
8 = hunger and restlessness
9 = hunger and confusion
10 = hunger and sweaty
11 = hunger and fast heart rate
12 = nervousness and restlessness
13 = nervousness and confusion
14 = nervousness and sweaty
15 = nervousness and fast heart rate
16 = restlessness and confusion
17 = restlessness and sweaty
18 = restlessness and fast heart rate
19 = confusion and sweaty
20 = confusion and fast heart rate
21 = sweaty and fast heart rate
22 = hunger,nervousness and restlessness
23 = hunger,nervousness and confusion
24 = hunger,nervousness and sweaty
25 = hunger,nervousness and fast heart rate
26 = hunger,restlessness and confusion
27 = hunger,restlessness and sweaty
28 = hunger,restlessness and fast heart rate
29 = hunger,confusion and sweaty
30 = hunger,confusion and fast heart rate
31 = hunger,sweaty and fast heart rate
32 = hunger,nervousness,restlessness and confusion
33 = hunger,nervousness,restlessness and sweaty
34 = hunger,nervousness,restlessness and fast heart rate

how to correct hypoglycemia
0 = none
1 = juice
2 = milk
3 = candy
4 = sugar
5 = juice and milk
6 = candy and sugar
8 = milk and candy

frequency of foot checking
1 = daily
2 = once a week
3 = once a month
5 = none

importance of foot check
1 = prevent morbidity due to neuropathic consequences of diabetes
3 = none

frequency of visit to eye clinic
1 = yearly
3 = none

importance of vistit to eye clinic
1 = prevent retinopathy(blindness)
3 = none

complications of uncontrolled DM
0 = none
1 = Blindness
2 = kidney disease
3 = amputation
4 = neuropathy
5 = cardiovascular disease
6 = blindness and kidney disease
7 = blindness and amputation
8 = Blindness and neuropathy
9 = Blindness and cardiovascular disease
10 = kidney disease and amputation
11 = kidney disease and neuropathy
12 = kidney disease and cardiovascular disease
13 = ambutation and neuropathy
14 = ambutation and cardiovascular disease
15 = neuropathy and cardiovascular disease
16 = blindness, kidney disease and amputation
17 = blindness, kidney disease and neuropathy
18 = blindness, kidney disease and cardiovascular disease
19 = kidney disease,amputation and neuropathy
20 = kidney disease,amputation and cardiovascular disease
21 = amputation,neuropathy and caediovascular disease
22 = blindness,kidney disease,amputation and neuropathy
23 = blindness,kidney disease,amputation and cardiovascular disease
24 = none

frequency of self care
1 = no need to practice
2 = after a damege occur
3 = rarely
4 = sometimes
5 = often

status of attitude
0 = poor atitude
1 = good atitude

status of knowledge
0 = poor knowledge
1 = good knowledge

1 = orthodox
2 = muslim
3 = catholic
4 = protestant
5 = others

religion of patient
1 = orthodox,protestant, catholic,others
2 = muslim

occupation
1 = business man
2 = governmental organization worker
3 = farmer
4 = private organization worker
5 = unemployed
6 = retired
7 = student
8 = others

I can prevent the complications of DM by using self-care .
1 = strongly disagree
2 = disagree
3 = neutral
4 = agree
5 = strongly agree

was the sugar blood test done by self or on healthcare provider recommendation?
1 = by self
2 = healthcare provider recommendation