Table 1 Characteristics of the participants (n = 159)

Age (year)

 < 29

69 (43.4)

32.29 ± 9.89

30 ~ 49

83 (52.2)

 ≥ 50

7 (4.4)

Sex

Female

108 (67.9)

Male

51 (32.1)

Religion

No

114 (71.7)

Yes

45 (28.3)

Job

No

32 (20.1)

Yes

127 (79.9)

Duration of disease (year)

 < 10

66 (41.5)

12.88 ± 8.23

 ≥ 10

93 (58.5)

Complication

No

122 (76.7)

Yes

37 (23.3)

Education of diabetes

No

15 (9.4)

Yes

144 (90.6)

Experience of diabetes camp

No

117 (73.6)

Yes

42 (26.4)

Source of diabetes information

Personal

121 (76.1)

Expert

38 (23.9)

HbA1c (%)

 < 6.5

50 (31.4)

7.21 ± 1.27

6.5 ~ 7.9

63 (39.6)

 ≥ 8.0

46 (28.9)

Resilience

Low

64 (40.3)

122.80 ± 23.78

Moderate

65 (40.9)

High

30 (18.9)