Table 4.

Relationship between treatment satisfaction scores and adherence

	n	Satisfaction mean score (SD)	P valuea
Find difficulty changing dietary habits
Yes	76	54.6 (14.7)	0.000
No	44	67.9 (15.0)
Find difficulty changing physical activity
Yes	65	54.8 (15.2)	0.000
No	53	65.1 (15.6)
Find difficulty taking medications
Yes	31	54.3 (13.9)	0.032
No	87	61.5 (16.5)
Find difficulty attending follow-up visits
Yes	44	52.2 (14.9)	0.000
No	72	64.0 (15.5)
Own a blood glucose meter
Yes	86	60.3 (15.7)	0.650
No	35	58.8 (16.3)
Use the blood glucose meter
Yes	79	60.0 (16.4)	0.841
No	38	60.6 (15.0)

Note:

^aIndependent t-test.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.