Table 3.
Total score of medication adherence, knowledge, attitude, behavior, belief, and social support between the intervention group (IG) and control group (CG) at baseline among older adults living with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Henan, China.
| Outcomes (range)a | IG, mean (SD) | CG, mean (SD) | t test(df) | P valueb |
| Medication adherence (13 to 39) | 23.71 (5.725) | 24.01 (5.700) | –0.315 (134) | .82 |
| Medication knowledge (0 to 100) | 63.41 (19.145) | 62.37 (20.202) | 0.308 (134) | .55 |
| Medication attitude (10 to 50) | 35.76 (3.801) | 36.15 (4.129) | –0.562 (134) | .57 |
| Medication behavior (9 to 40) | 29.62 (4.381) | 29.13 (4.029) | 0.672 (134) | .47 |
| Medication belief (–25 to +25) | 3.00 (3.515) | 2.94 (3.777) | 0.094 (134) | .52 |
| Social support (19 to 95) | 69.62 (11.402) | 68.22 (10.935) | 0.729 (134) | .81 |
aHigher scores of outcomes indicate better medication adherence, knowledge, attitude, behavior, belief, and social support.
bP value with P>.05 indicates that there are no significant differences between the IG and CG for the measured outcomes.