Table 5 Stratification of the five scale scores by gender and age
| Â | Scale | Self-managed dietary behaviors1) | Self-managed exercise behaviors2) | Psychological impact of diabetes3) | Patient-family communications: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive feedback4) | Negative feedback5) | |||||
Gender | Male (n = 162) | 12.90 ± 2.70 | 7.67 ± 2.97 | 10.51 ± 2.95 | 9.45 ± 4.27 | 5.86 ± 2.99 |
Female (n = 176) | 13.27 ± 2.36 | 7.55 ± 3.19 | 11.48 ± 3.20 | 7.70 ± 3.78 | 4.83 ± 2.59 | |
|  |  |  | P < 0.0043 | P < 0.0001 | P = 0.0008 | |
Age | ≤ 50 (n = 40) | 12.83 ± 2.15 | 6.10 ± 2.90 | 11.73 ± 3.06 | 8.35 ± 4.29 | 6.10 ± 3.19 |
50 – 59 (n = 74) | 12.24 ± 2.47 | 7.31 ± 3.09 | 11.41 ± 2.95 | 8.18 ± 3.72 | 5.65 ± 3.03 | |
60 – 69 (n = 126) | 12.98 ± 2.63 | 7.58 ± 3.12 | 11.19 ± 3.14 | 8.23 ± 3.89 | 5.42 ± 3.00 | |
70 – 79 (n = 78) | 13.99 ± 2.22 | 8.47 ± 2.90 | 10.45 ± 3.12 | 9.29 ± 4.64 | 4.65 ± 2.12 | |
≥ 80 (n = 20) | 14.00 ± 2.77 | 8.50 ± 2.72 | 9.25 ± 3.01 | 9.30 ± 4.23 | 4.55 ± 2.14 | |
One-way ANOVA | P = 0.0002 | P = 0.0010 | P = 0.0125 | P = 0.3212 | P = 0.0397 | |