Table 6.

Correlation coefficients between the scores and continuous variables

	Trust in physician score	PAID score	Adherence score
Trust in physician score	1	− 0.289*	0.416*
PAID score	− 0.289*	1	− 0.300*
Adherence score	0.416*	− 0.300*	1
Age	0.078	− 0.071	− 0.044
BMI	0.009	0.076	− 0.017
Duration of diabetes diagnosis	0.028	− 0.172*	0.047
Frequency of physician’s visits	0.086	− 0.031	0.081
Number of comorbidities	0.048	− 0.104	− 0.068
Duration of insulin therapy	0.133**	− 0.239*	0.000
Total insulin daily dose	− 0.079	0.144	0.003
Total daily number of injections	− 0.008	0.020	0.058
Total number of oral antidiabetics	0.167**	− 0.123**	0.137**

*p < 0.05; **p > 0.05 but < 0.2