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Table 3 The relationship between DSMQ scales and glycemic control groups

From: The validity of the diabetes self-management questionnaire (DSMQ) in Hungarian patients with type 2 diabetes

 

Glycemic groups

Sign. (p =)

Well-controlled (HbA1c ≤ 7.5%)

Medium-controlled (7.6% < HbA1c > 8.9%)

Poorly-controlled HbA1c ≥ 9%

N (%)

122 (67)

42 (23)

19 (10)

 

DSMQ “Sum scale”

Mean (± SD)

7.79 (± 1.17)

7.64 (± 1.18)

6.75 (± 1.8)

**

(0.002)

“Glucose management”

Mean (± SD)

8 (± 1.68)

7.93 (± 1.76)

7.19 (± 2.01)

ns

“Dietary control”

Mean (± SD)

7.18 (± 1.67)

6.76 (± 1.22)

6.13 (± 1.94)

*

(0.021)

“Physical activity”

Mean (± SD)

6.82 (± 2.44)

6.87 (± 2.69)

5.9 (± 3.33)

ns

“Health-care use”

Mean (± SD)

9.04 (± 1.51)

8.75 (± 1.9)

7.77 (± 1.97)

**

(0.008)

  1. Significance **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05, ns not significant