. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 21.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2011;22(1):271–283. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0024

Table 2.

Adherence to Individual Self-management behaviors, Composite Self-management behaviors, and mean A1c (N = 53)

	Adherence		Non-Adherence
Self-management behaviors	N (%)	A1c (std dev)	N (%)	A1c (std dev)
Glucometer testing (daily)	32 (60)	7.53 (± 1.56)	21 (40)	7.76 (± 1.97)
Prescription medication	41 (77)	7.66 (± 1.77)	12 (23)	7.53 (± 1.56)
Diabetic-appropriate diet^*	21 (40)	7.11 (± 1.22)	32 (60)	7.98 (± 1.92)
Moderate-weekly exercise	21 (40)	7.60 (± 1.85)	32 (60)	7.65 (± 1.65)
Self-management composite score^a,^b
1	14 (26)	8.39 (± 2.20)	n/a	n/a
2	18 (34)	7.32 (± 1.37)	n/a	n/a
3	14 (26)	7.66 (± 1.56)	n/a	n/a
4	7 (14)	7.10 (± 1.88)	n/a	n/a

p-value < .05

Overall F= 1.18, p-value = 0.3336

Scores could range from 0 (no appropriate self-management behavior) to 4 (all appropriate self-management behaviors). No participant received a composite score of 0.