Table 3.

Knowledge, attitude and practice scores according to area, diabetes education experience, duration of practice and educational status among 162 diabetes patients in Yakeshi, a remote city in northern China, April 2010–April 2011

		Knowledge		Attitude		Practice		KAP
Characteristic	n	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd
Area
Urban	85	10·05	5·38	6·40	1·57	15·09	3·34	31·54	8·20
Rural	77	9·74	5·00	6·58	1·36	15·53	4·30	31·86	7·95
t		0·375			−0·796					−0·719							−0·249
P		>0·05			>0·05					>0·05							>0·05
Diabetes education experience
Yes	14	12·93	4·78	7·07	0·92	19·00	2·75	39·00	5·38
No	148	9·61	5·15	6·43	1·50	14·95	3·78	31·00	7·94
t		2·316			1·560					3·905							3·687
P		<0·05			>0·05					<0·001							<0·001
Duration of practice (years)
<1	39	8·74	6·07	6·85	1·37	13·85	4·00	29·44	9·02
>1	123	10·27	4·84	6·37	1·49	15·76	3·72	32·41	7·63
t		−1·608			1·758					−2·753							−2·025
P		>0·05			>0·05					<0·05							<0·05
Educational status
Primary	88	7·82	3·87	6·40	1·62	14·98	3·80	29·19	6·58
Secondary	40	10·38	5·36	6·50	1·32	15·45	4·14	32·32	8·72
Tertiary	34	14·74	4·67	6·71	1·24	15·97	3·74	37·41	7·87
F		29·962			0·537					0·846							15·198
P		<0·001			>0·05					>0·05							<0·001

KAP, overall knowledge–attitude–practice.