Factors Associated with Long-Term Control of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Correlations between barriers of self-care behaviors and HbA1c.

Barrier was a significant problem	Following a meal plan ()	Taking medications ()	Exercising regularly ()	Monitoring blood glucose ()
Too busy and care about other things	0.22	0.21	0.13	0.30
Hassle	0.26	0.04	0.25	0.10
Forgot	0.08	0.37	0.22	0.24
Don’t believe	0.06	0.09	0.05	0.06
Don’t understand	0.13	0.16	0.19	0.27
Don’t like	0.05	0.13	0.20	0.05
Depression interferes	0.12	0.12	0.16	0.03
Sometimes don’t have	N/A	0.17	N/A	0.19
Concerned about side effects	N/A	0.18	N/A	N/A
Cannot exercise (disabled)	N/A	N/A	0.12	N/A
Bad weather	N/A	N/A	0.21	N/A
Shortness of breath	N/A	N/A	0.09	N/A
Knee pain	N/A	N/A	0.31	N/A
Hurts	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.15

; or ≤ 0.001; N/A means the barrier was not related to the self-care behavior.