Fear of driving license withdrawal in patients with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus negatively influences their decision to report severe hypoglycemic events to physicians

Figures & data

Table 1 Distribution of responses to the statement: In the event that I experienced severe hypoglycemia, I would inform my physician, even though my driving license could be revoked

Patients	Responses
	Completely agree	Mostly agree	No firm opinion	Mostly disagree	Completely disagree
All
n	128	180	166	90	78
%	19.94	28.04	25.86	14.02	12.14
Type 1 diabetes
n	70	121	111	73	68
%	15.80	27.31	25.06	16.48	15.35
Type 2 diabetes
n	58	59	55	17	11
%	29.00	29.50	27.50	8.50	5.50

Table 2 Frequency of severe hypoglycemia during the previous 12 months

Number of responses	None	1	2	3	>5
All
n	561	46	10	11	15
%	87.33	7.11	{	5.56	}
Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
n	378	35	8	9	13
%	85.33	7.90	{	6.77	}
Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
n	183	11	2	2	2
%	91.50	5.50	{	3.00	}