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. 2015 Feb 24;7(5):80–90. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v7n5p80

Table 2.

Diabetes empowerment scale (DES) among T2DM and regression analysis, N = 300

Percentage of agreement with sub-dimensions of DES Regression analysis

Diabetes empowerment scale (DES) Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Mean B Coefficient Std. Error. p value
Sub-dimensions n % n % n % n %

Managing psychosocial aspects of diabetes 13 4.33 107 35.67 59 19.67 121 40.33 3.07 .630 .026 0.001*
Assessing dissatisfaction/readiness to change 3 1.00 33 11.00 228 76.00 36 12.00 3.00 .369 .015 0.001*
Setting/achieving diabetes goals 23 7.67 109 36.33 60 20.00 108 36.00 3.15 .614 .025 0.001*

Overall DES 4 1.33 82 27.33 149 49.67 65 21.67 3.07 .657 .027 0.001*

Note.

*

p<0.001 level of significance using regression analysis.