Table 5. The ordinal logistic regression models of knowledge, self-management practice with the components of social support scale.

	Knowledge Index					Self-Management Practices Index
Parameter Estimates				95% Confidence Interval					95% Confidence Interval
	Estimate	Std. Error	Sig.	Lower Bound	Upper Bound	Estimate	Std. Error	Sig.	Lower Bound	Upper Bound	Pseudo R2
My family or friends help and support me a lot to:
a. Follow my meal plan.	.000	.008	.972	-.016	.015	.024	.006	.000	.012	.037	0.023–0.053
b. Take my medicine.	.000	.008	.970	-.015	.016	.006	.006	.273	-.005	.018	0.001–0.003
c. Take care of my feet.	-.004	.007	.563	-.017	.009	.018	.005	.000	.008	.028	0.014–0.037
d. Get enough physical activity.	-.002	.006	.769	-.014	.010	.017	.005	.000	.008	.027	0.013–0.035
e. Test my sugar.	-.011	.007	.114	-.024	.003	.012	.005	.017	.002	.021	0.009–0.024
f. Handle my feelings about diabetes.	.015	.007	.042	.001	.029	.021	.006	.000	.010	.032	0.022–0.051
My family or friends:
a. Accept me and my diabetes.	-.164	.298	.582	-.749	.421	.250	.212	.240	-.167	.666	0.004–0.019
b. feels uncomfortable about me because of my diabetes.	-.003	.009	.721	-.022	.015	.001	.007	.860	-.012	.015	0.00–0.001
c. Encourage or reassure me about my diabetes.	.033	.012	.006	.009	.056	.013	.009	.166	-.005	.031	0.016–0.030
d. Discourage or upset me about my diabetes.	-.020	.019	.301	-.057	.018	.001	.014	.925	-.027	.030	0.002–0.004
e. Listen to me when I want to talk about my diabetes.	.010	.009	.295	-.009	.028	.004	.007	.548	-.010	.018	0.002–0.005
f. Nag me about diabetes.	.023	.009	.013	.005	.040	-.001	.006	.829	-.013	.010	0.009–0.020