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

Table 5

Assigned values of independent variables.

Variables	Value
Gender	Male = 1, female = 2
Age	<44 = 1, 45∼59 = 2, 60∼74 = 3,≥75 = 4>
Marriage	Single = 1, married = 2, divorced = 3, widowed = 4
Education	Primary school and below = 1, junior middle school = 2, senior middle school = 3, undergraduate and above = 4
Occupation	Intelligence = 1, manual = 2, retired = 3, others = 4
Smoke	No = 1, yes = 2
Drink	No = 1, yes = 2
Diabetes-learning history	No = 1, yes = 2
Complication	No = 1, yes = 2
Therapy	OHA only = 1, insulin only = 2, OHA + insulin = 3
Duration of diabetes	<5 = 1, ≥5 = 2
WHR	<0.9 = 1, ≥0.9 = 2
HbA1c	≤9 = 1, >9 = 2