Table 5.
Associations between challenges with and knowledge about diabetes management with changes in self-care activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Changes in frequency of engaging in self-care activities n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy eating habits |
Exercise |
SMBG |
Foot care |
Smoking |
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| Decreased | Same | Increased | P | Decreased | Same | Increased | P | Decreased | Same | Increased | P | Decreased | Same | Increased | P | Decreased | Same | Increased | P | ||
| Number of challenges | <2 | 10 (7.5) | 101 (75.4) | 23 (17.2) | .025 | 38 (28.1) | 82 (60.7) | 15 (11.1) | .003 | 19 (14.3) | 96 (72.2) | 18 (13.5) | .579 | 1 (0.7) | 127 (94.8) | 6 (4.5) | .078 | 5 (22.7) | 14 (63.6) | 3 (13.6) | .504 |
| ≥ 2 | 13 (20.6) | 41 (65.1) | 9 (14.3) | 33 (52.4) | 24 (38.1) | 6 (9.5) | 7 (11.1) | 44 (69.8) | 12 (19.0) | 2 (3.2) | 54 (85.7) | 7 (11.1) | 2 (20.0) | 5 (50.0) | 3 (30.0) | ||||||
| Items on knowledge about diabetes management rated ‘insufficient’ | <2 | 15 (9.0) | 125 (75.3) | 26 (15.7) | .057 | 56 (33.5) | 92 (55.10 | 19 (11.4) | .091 | 16 (9.6) | 119 (71.7) | 31 (18.7) | .004 | 2 (1.2) | 151 (90.4) | 14 (8.4) | .295 | 7 (25.0) | 19 (67.9) | 2 (7.1) | .001 |
| ≥ 2 | 9 (23.7) | 24 (63.2) | 5 (13.2) | 20 (52.6) | 16 (42.1) | 2 (5.3) | 11 (28.9) | 24 (63.2) | 3 (7.9) | 1 (2.6) | 36 (94.7) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (80.0) | ||||||