Research Article
Psychometric Properties of the Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy Scale in Korean Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Table 1
General characteristics.
| Variable | Subsample 1 () (%) | Subsample 2 () (%) | or Fisher’s exact test () |
| Gender | | | 0.146 (0.703) | Male | 111 (50.5) | 115 (52.3) | | Female | 109 (49.5) | 105 (47.7) | | Age (years) (mean ± SD = 58.02 ± 0.88) | | | 3.902 (0.561) | 20–29 | 2 (0.9) | 3 (1.4) | | 30–39 | 7 (3.2) | 10 (4.5) | | 40–49 | 34 (15.5) | 30 (13.6) | | 50–59 | 87 (39.5) | 71 (32.3) | | 60–69 | 57 (25.9) | 68 (30.9) | | 70 | 33 (15.0) | 38 (17.3) | | Marital status | | | 0.705 (0.894) | Married/living together | 178 (80.9) | 173 (78.6) | | Divorced/widow(er) | 32 (14.5) | 37 (16.8) | | Unmarried | 9 (4.1) | 9 (4.1) | | Other | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | | Job | | | 2.142 (0.295) | Employed | 102 (46.4) | 114 (51.8) | | None | 117 (53.1) | 106 (48.2) | | Data missing | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | | Education | | | 1.230 (0.873) | Elementary school | 34 (15.5) | 35 (15.9) | | Middle school | 30 (13.6) | 32 (14.5) | | High school | 88 (40.0) | 88 (40.0) | | College and above | 59 (26.8) | 60 (27.3) | | Other | 9 (4.1) | 5 (2.3) | | Monthly income (KRW) | | | 1.147 (0.766) | Less than 2,000,000 | 88 (40.0) | 79 (35.9) | | 2,000,000–2,999,999 | 40 (18.2) | 39 (17.7) | | 3,000,000–3,999,999 | 33 (15.0) | 40 (18.2) | | 4,000,000 and above | 56 (25.4) | 54 (24.5) | | Data missing | 3 (1.4) | 8 (3.6) | | Treatment regimen | | | 1.164 (0.762) | Diet/exercise only | 9 (4.1) | 7 (3.2) | | Oral hypoglycemic agent | 141 (64.1) | 151 (68.6) | | Insulin | 10 (4.5) | 10 (4.5) | | Oral hypoglycemic agent + insulin | 60 (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) | |
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HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; KRW: South Korean won.
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