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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Behav. 2017 Apr 6;26:182–188. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2017.04.002

Table 3.

Pearson correlation coefficients between scores on the 11-Item Personal Diabetes Questionnaire subscales and scores on related diabetes self-care activities, health literacy, and demographic and clinical variables among patients with type 2 diabetes enrolled in the Public-Private Partnership to Improve Diabetes Education (PRIDE) trial.

11-Item Personal Diabetes Questionnaire subscales

Eating Behavior
Problems
Use of Information for
Dietary Decision Making
Calorie
Restriction
Activity and
Exercise
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SDSCA
   General diet −0.29 (<0.001) 0.31 (<0.001) 0.12 (<0.05) 0.15 (<0.01)
   Specific diet −0.20 (<0.001) 0.19 (<0.001) NS 0.11 (<0.05)
   Exercise NS −0.11 (<0.05) NS NS
Perceived Diabetes Self-management −0.20 (<0.001) 0.20 (<0.001) NS 0.21 (<0.001)
Adherence to Refills and Medications 0.22 (<0.001) −0.10 (<0.05) NS NS
S-TOFHLA NS NS NS NS
Education NS 0.11 (<0.05) NS NS
Has ever had diabetes education NS 0.11 (<0.05) NS NS
Frequency of blood glucose testing NS 0.11 (<0.05) NS 0.12 (<0.05)
Body mass index NS 0.13 (<0.05) 0.19 (<0.001) −0.14 (<0.05)
Systolic blood pressure −0.15 (<0.01) NS NS NS
Diastolic blood pressure NS NS NS NS
Hemoglobin A1c NS −0.12 (<0.05) NS NS

Data are for n= 400- 409.

NS: Statistically not significant; SDSCA: Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities; S-TOFHLA: Short Form Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults.