Table 3.
The mean difference of the change rate for primary outcome and secondary outcomesa)
| Measured values, mean (SD) |
Change rate from baseline to 6 months (%), mean (SD) |
ΔIG – ΔCGb) |
p | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 6 months | ||||||||
| MMAS-8 (score) | Intervention | 6.15 | (1.10) | 6.66 | (1.37) | 11.8 | (29.9) | –2.4 | 0.78 |
| Control | 5.86 | (1.55) | 6.26 | (1.28) | 14.2 | (39.0) | |||
| Functional HL (score) | Intervention | 2.96 | (0.70) | 3.12 | (0.77) | 15.0 | (68.7) | –0.5 | 0.98 |
| Control | 2.99 | (0.77) | 3.27 | (0.48) | 15.5 | (29.7) | |||
| Communicative HL (score) | Intervention | 3.15 | (0.49) | 2.84 | (0.52) | – 8.5 | (24.4) | –6.5 | 0.32 |
| Control | 3.36 | (0.52) | 3.25 | (0.53) | – 2.1 | (14.3) | |||
| Critical HL (score) | Intervention | 2.60 | (0.37) | 2.50 | (0.71) | – 2.2 | (30.8) | –1.7 | 0.85 |
| Control | 2.67 | (0.46) | 2.61 | (0.59) | – 0.4 | (25.2) | |||
| Total HL (score) | Intervention | 2.93 | (0.31) | 2.84 | (0.58) | – 2.1 | (21.1) | –4.8 | 0.39 |
| Control | 3.03 | (0.46) | 3.08 | (0.36) | 2.7 | (12.6) | |||
| SESD (score) | Intervention | 23.4 | (3.7) | 23.1 | (3.5) | – 0.6 | (10.8) | –10.7 | 0.20 |
| Control | 22.8 | (5.6) | 23.7 | (3.8) | 10.1 | (33.4) | |||
| HbA1c (%) | Intervention | 9.4 | (2.2) | 6.6 | (0.9) | – 26.9 | (15.4) | –6.9 | 0.29 |
| Control | 9.4 | (2.0) | 7.3 | (2.2) | – 20.1 | (23.7) | |||
Abbreviations: IG, intervention group; CG, control group; MMAS–8, morisky medication adherence scale 8–items; HL, health literacy; SESD, self–efficacy scale for diabetes self care; A1C, glycosylated hemoglobin.
a) 20 in the intervention group and 19 in the control group were included in the analysis.
b) The mean difference of the change rate from baseline to 6 months between intervention and control groups.