The Effect of Diabetes Management Shared Care Clinic on Glycated Hemoglobin A1c Compliance and Self-Management Abilities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Table 3
Comparison of SDSCA-6 scores before and after management of DMSCC.
Questiona
Baseline M (IQR)
After management M (IQR)
S valueb
value
Q1. Have you followed a healthy eating plan? (e.g., eat in moderation, eat less high-fat or high-sugar foods)?
5 (3)
6 (4)
−216
0.3089
Q2. Did you participate in physical activity for at least 30 minutes?
7 (3)
7 (2)
−402
0.0022
Q3. Did you test your blood glucose?
2 (2.5)
3 (5)
−847
<0.0001
Q4. Did you test your blood sugar the number of times recommended by your healthcare professional?
1 (3)
3 (5)
−1086
<0.0001
Q5. Did you check your feet?
1 (5)
0 (3)
269.5
0.1381
Q6. Did you take all your diabetes medications exactly as agreed with your healthcare professional?
7 (0)
7 (0)
−91
0.0193
Q7. Your smoking condition: no/yes (if yes, fill in the average number of cigarettes smoked per day)
0 (0)
0 (0)
36.5
0.0085
Note. aThe answers of “0–7” for Q1–Q6 represent 0–7 days in the last week that match the description of the problem. The number filled in Q7 is the average number of cigarettes smoked per day in the past week. bThe S value after paired-sample Wilcoxon signed-rank test. M (IQR): median (interquartile range).
