Research Article

Psychometric Properties of the Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy Scale in Korean Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

General characteristics.

VariableSubsample 1 
()  
(%)
Subsample 2
() 
(%)
or Fisher’s exact test ()

Gender0.146 (0.703)
 Male111 (50.5)115 (52.3)
 Female109 (49.5)105 (47.7)
Age (years) (mean ± SD = 58.02 ± 0.88)3.902 (0.561)
 20–292 (0.9)3 (1.4)
 30–397 (3.2)10 (4.5)
 40–4934 (15.5)30 (13.6)
 50–5987 (39.5)71 (32.3)
 60–6957 (25.9)68 (30.9)
7033 (15.0)38 (17.3)
Marital status0.705 (0.894)
 Married/living together178 (80.9)173 (78.6)
 Divorced/widow(er)32 (14.5)37 (16.8)
 Unmarried9 (4.1)9 (4.1)
 Other1 (0.5)1 (0.5)
Job2.142 (0.295)
 Employed102 (46.4)114 (51.8)
 None117 (53.1)106 (48.2)
 Data missing1 (0.5)0 (0.0)
Education1.230 (0.873)
 Elementary school34 (15.5)35 (15.9)
 Middle school30 (13.6)32 (14.5)
 High school88 (40.0)88 (40.0)
 College and above59 (26.8)60 (27.3)
 Other9 (4.1)5 (2.3)
Monthly income (KRW)1.147 (0.766)
 Less than 2,000,00088 (40.0)79 (35.9)
 2,000,000–2,999,99940 (18.2)39 (17.7)
 3,000,000–3,999,99933 (15.0)40 (18.2)
 4,000,000 and above56 (25.4)54 (24.5)
 Data missing3 (1.4)8 (3.6)
Treatment regimen1.164 (0.762)
 Diet/exercise only9 (4.1)7 (3.2)
 Oral hypoglycemic agent141 (64.1)151 (68.6)
 Insulin10 (4.5)10 (4.5)
 Oral hypoglycemic agent + insulin60 (27.3)52 (23.6)
HbA1c (mean ± SD = 7.70 ± 1.38)0.011 (0.918)
 Controlled (HbA1c 7.0%)69 (31.4)70 (31.8)
 Uncontrolled (HbA1c 7.0%)151 (68.6)150 (68.2)

HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; KRW: South Korean won.