Table 3.
Patient behaviors to: |
Ease of: |
Ease of managing weight |
Confidence in ability to manage diabetes |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monitoring blood glucose | Taking medications as prescribed | Eating healthy | Engaging in physical activity | Coping with frustration and worry | |||
Monitor blood glucose |
0.40*** |
0.28** |
0.06 |
0.03 |
0.09 |
0.09 |
0.09 |
Take medications as prescribed |
0.24** |
0.29*** |
0.13 |
0.14 |
0.18* |
0.19* |
0.21* |
Eat healthy |
0.15 |
0.05 |
0.35*** |
0.28** |
0.20* |
0.28** |
0.28* |
Engage in physical activity |
−0.02 |
0.08 |
0.05 |
0.40*** |
0.11 |
0.03 |
0.10 |
Cope with frustration and worry |
0.26** |
0.13 |
0.36*** |
0.34*** |
0.69*** |
0.34*** |
0.63*** |
Ease of Managing Weight |
0.18* |
0.20* |
0.57*** |
0.45*** |
0.40*** |
1.00 |
0.36*** |
Confidence in ability to manage diabetes | 0.27** | 0.21* | 0.35*** | 0.38*** | 0.63*** | 0.36*** | 1.00 |
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
*** Correlation is significant at the 0.001 level (2-tailed).