Prevalent Obstacles and Predictors for People Living with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 3

The central tendency statistics and distribution parameters of the perceived obstacles.

	Mean	SE of mean	Median	Mode	SD	Skewness	Kurtosis
Using insulin makes life too complicated	3.3	.10	3	4	1.15	−.02	−1.20
I do not know as much as I need to know about the consequences of having diabetes	3.1	.10	3	4	1.19	−.02	−1.21
I do not know enough about the treatment for diabetes	3.3	.09	4	4	1.08	−.31	−.93
I believe type 2 diabetes is mild compared with type 1	3.7	.09	4	4	1.04	−.39	−.70
The way that I was told that I had diabetes made me feel confused	3.5	.10	4	4	1.21	−.22	−1.25
The way that I was told that I had diabetes made feel afraid	3.2	.10	3	4	1.17	−.10	−1.19
I am unable to fit exercise into my lifestyle	3.1	.10	3	4	1.12	−.05	−1.14
I am unable to afford the cost of exercising on a regular basis	3.1	.10	3	4	1.20	−.04	−1.06
I have not found an exercise I enjoy	3.2	.09	3	4	1.01	−.14	−.67
Weight control is real problem for me	3.5	.11	4	4	1.28	−.53	−1.03
I am able to change my lifestyle in accordance with advice from my health care professional(s)	3.6	.09	4	4	1.05	−.87	.06
Self management of diabetes is difficult to maintain because diabetes complications are not immediate	3.6	.09	4	4	1.01	−.62	−.49
Good control of diabetes involves a lot of sacrifice	3.3	.10	4	4	1.13	−.16	−1.16
I feel that I would like to take a holiday from my diabetes	3.7	.09	4	4	1.08	−.77	−.22