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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2013 Sep 26;102(2):96–104. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.09.010

Table 3.

Spearman’s rho correlations between medication adherence measures, diabetes treatment satisfaction, and glycemic control.

ARMS-D
SDSCA-MS
medication DM-SAT HbA1C
total refill 2-item 1-item
taking
ARMS-D total 1.00 −0.46 0.25
ARMS-D medication taking 0.91 1.00 −0.43 0.23
ARMS-D refill 0.77 0.48 1.00 −0.34 0.19
SDSCA-MS (2-item) −0.52 −0.53 −0.34 1.00 0.27 −0.19
SDSCA-MS (1-item) −0.46 −0.44 −0.33 0.84 1.00 0.27 −0.20

All values significant at p<0.001. ARMS-D=Adherence to Refills and Medication Schedules for Diabetes, DM-SAT=Diabetes Medication Satisfaction Tool, HbA1C=point-of-care hemoglobin A1C, SDSCA-MS=Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities medications subscale.