Table 5.

Rotated factor matrix of the Greek version of the Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy Scale (n = 116)

	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4
Factor 1: diet
4. I am able to choose the correct food	0.566	0.455
5. I am able to choose different foods and stick to a healthy eating pattern	0.547	0.508
9. I am able to adjust my eating plan when ill	0.537		0.540
10. I am able to follow a healthy eating pattern most of the time	0.445	0.668
13. I am able to follow a healthy eating pattern when I am away from home	0.832
14. I am able to adjust my eating plan when I am away from home	0.826
15. I am able to follow a healthy eating pattern when I am on holiday	0.798		0.347
16. I am able to follow a healthy eating pattern when I am eating out or at a party	0.768		0.387
17. I am able to adjust my eating plan when I am feeling stressed or anxious	0.684	0.324
Factor 2: medical therapy
1. I am able to check my blood sugar if necessary		0.651
2. I am able to correct my blood sugar when the sugar level is too high		0.358	0.576
3. I am able to correct my blood sugar when the blood sugar level is too low		0.496	0.620
6. I am able to keep my weight under control		0.414	0.333
18. I am able to visit my doctor every three months to monitor my diabetes		0.748
Factor 3: medication and feet check
7. I am able to examine my feet for cuts			0.736	0.357
19. I am able to take my medication as prescribed		0.663	0.512
20. I am able to adjust my medication when I am ill			0.662
Factor 4: physical activity
8. I am able to take enough exercise, for example, walking the dog or riding a bicycle			0.302	0.802
11. I am able to take more exercise if the doctor advises me to do so				0.891
12. When taking more exercise I am able to adjust my eating plan	0.389			0.696
Variance explained (%)	43.5	9.8	7.4	5.5

Extraction method: Principal-Component Analysis, rotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalization