Adherence of Type 2 Diabetic Patients to Self-Care Activity: Tertiary Care Setting in Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Responses to the extended SDSCA survey diet domain.

Item	Response output
	Yes		No
Does the healthcare team advise you to:		%		%
Follow a low-fat eating plan?	179	74.3	62	25.7
Follow a complex carbohydrate diet?	100	41.5	141	58.5
Reduce the number of calories you eat to lose weight?	103	42.7	138	57.3
Eat lots of food high in dietary fibre?	117	48.5	124	51.5
Eat lots (at least, five servings per day) of fruit and vegetables?	89	36.9	152	63.1
Eat very few sweets?	110	45.6	131	54.4
Other	18	7.5	223	92.5
I have not been given any advice about my diet by my healthcare team	25	10.4	216	89.6