Association between Diabetes Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Variables		Frequency	Percentage
Gender, n (%)	Men	801	53.0
	Female	711	47.0
Age, n (%)	<44	101	6.7
	45∼59	569	37.7
	60∼74	681	45.0
	≥75	161	10.6
Marital status, n (%)	Single	32	2.1
	Married	1379	91.2
	Divorced	19 (1.3)	1.3
	Widowed	82	5.4
Educational background, n (%)	Primary school and below	407	26.9
	Junior middle school	447	29.6
	Senior middle school	513	33.9
	Undergraduate and above	145	9.4
Occupation, n (%)	Intelligence	186	12.3
	Manual	403	26.7
	Retired	768	50.8
	Others	155	10.2
Smoke, n (%)	No	1194	79.0
	Yes	318	21.0
Drink, n (%)	No	1346	89.0
	Yes	166	11.0
Diabetes-learning experience	Yes	1195	79.0
	No	317	21.0
Complication, n (%)	Yes	1375	90.9
	No	137	9.1
Therapy	OHA only	492	32.5
	Insulin only	454	30.0
	OHA + insulin	566	37.4
Diabetes duration (yrs)	<5	448	29.6
	≥5	1064	70.4
BMI (kg/m^2)	<24	704	46.6
	≥24	801	53.2
WHR	<0.9	426	28.2
	≥0.9	756	50.0
HbA1c (%)	≤9	924	61.1
	>9	588	38.9