Evaluation of Dietary Intakes and Nutritional Knowledge in Thai Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 5

Comparison of diabetes nutritional knowledge scores in patients with low and high adherence to dietary self-care behavior ( cases).

Dietary self-care behavior components	Scores of high adherence patients	Scores of low adherence patients	value
(1) Followed diabetes meal plan			0.635
(2) Had meals at approximately the same time and amount daily			0.631
(3) Followed diabetes exchange list			0.631
(4) Counted carbohydrate			0.678
(5) Reduced fat consumption			0.918
(6) Increased fiber intake			0.330
(7) Kept a food record daily			0.582