Tested feature The level of family’s knowledge about the disease:
Total N=1366 Moderate (20,0-13,5 points) N=48 3,5% Minimal (13,0-6,5 points) N=599 43,9% None (6-0 points) N=719 52,6%
Patients’ difficulty in respecting of recommendations: Chi^2 Pearsona: 18,9759, df=6, (p<0,005)
No difficulties 35 4,6% 338 44,5% 387 50,9%
1-2 difficulties 10 3,2% 152 48,6% 151 48,2%
3-4 difficulties 2 1,7% 44 37,6% 71 60,7%
5 and more difficulties 1 0,6% 65 36,9% 110 62,5%
Social situation and living conditions: Chi^2 Pearsona: 30,8129, df=2, p<0,00001
Very good and sufficient 38 5,0% 370 48,4% 356 46,6%
Insufficient and none 10 1,7% 229 38,0% 363 60,3%
Difficulties of patients in access to medical services: Chi^2 Pearsona: 10,6027, df=4, p<0,05
No difficulties 6 4,0% 81 54,4% 62 41,6%
Problems with access to 1-3 services 33 4,2% 365 46,9% 381 48,9%
Problems with access to 4  or  to all the services 6 2,8% 84 39,1% 125 58,1%
Need for professional care: Chi^2 Pearsona: 106,492, df=2, p<0,00001
Moderate 31 7,3% 253 59,8% 139 32,9%
High and very high 17 1,8% 346 36,7% 580 61,5%
Table 8: The level of family’s knowledge about the disease and difficulties in respecting recommendations, difficulties in access to medical services, social situation and need for care in diabetes patients.