Table 3 Distribution of participants’ diabetes attitude response
Attitude | Mean | Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X±SD | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | |
Need for special training | ||||||
Health care professionals who treat people with diabetes should be trained to communicate well with their patients | 1.70±0.56 | 221 (73.67) | 70 (23.33) | 6 (2.00) | 3 (1.00) | 0 |
Health care professionals should learn how to set goals with patients, not just tell them what to do. | 1.29±0.86 | 151 (50.33) | 99 (33.00) | 36 (12.00) | 13 (4.33) | 1 (0.33) |
Seriousness of T2D | ||||||
People who do not need to take insulin to treat their diabetes have a mild disease. | −0.42±1.20 | 69 (23.00) | 85 (28.33) | 63 (21.00) | 69 (23.00) | 14 (4.67) |
People whose diabetes is treated by just a diet do not have to worry about getting many long-term complications. | −0.10±1.28 | 50 (16.67) | 80 (26.67) | 52 (17.33) | 86 (28.67) | 32 (10.67) |
Blood sugar testing is not needed for people with T2D | 0.77±1.08 | 14 (4.67) | 34 (11.33) | 31 (10.33) | 149 (49.67) | 72 (24.00) |
People who take diabetes medications should be as concerned about their blood sugar as people who take insulin. | 0.90±1.07 | 104 (34.67) | 110 (36.67) | 40 (13.33) | 43 (14.33) | 3 (1.00) |
Value of tight control | ||||||
There is not much use in trying to have good blood sugar control because the complications of diabetes will happen anyway. | 0.26±1.34 | 43 (14.33) | 60 (20.00) | 26 (8.67) | 119 (39.67) | 52 (17.33) |
Low blood sugar reactions make tight control too risky for most people | −0.14±0.93 | 26 (8.67) | 70 (23.33) | 127 (42.33) | 73 (24.33) | 4 (1.33) |
Tight control is too much work | −0.48±1.22 | 78 (26.00) | 82 (27.33) | 58 (19.33) | 69 (23.00) | 13 (4.33) |
Psychological impact of T2D | ||||||
Diabetes affects almost every part of a diabetic person’s life. | 0.67±1.13 | 74 (24.67) | 128 (42.67) | 33 (11.00) | 56 (18.67) | 9 (3.00) |
The emotional effects of diabetes are small. | 0.04±0.96 | 16 (5.33) | 69 (23.00) | 117 (39.00) | 82 (27.33) | 16 (5.33) |
Diabetes is hard because you never get a break from it. | 0.90±1.10 | 101 (33.67) | 123 (41.00) | 29 (9.67) | 38 (12.67) | 9 (3.00) |
Having diabetes changes a person’s outlook on life. | 0.86±1.12 | 101 (33.67) | 116 (38.67) | 34 (11.34) | 39 (13.00) | 10 (3.33) |
Support from family and friends is important in dealing with diabetes. | 1.59±0.70 | 208 (69.33) | 70 (23.33) | 14 (4.67) | 8 (2.67) | 0 |
Patient autonomy | ||||||
People with diabetes should learn a lot about the disease so that they can be in charge of their own diabetes care. | 1.50±0.84 | 205 (68.33) | 52 (17.33) | 32 (10.67) | 10 (3.33) | 1 (0.33) |
What the patient does has more effect on the outcome of diabetes care than anything a health professional does. | 1.22±0.88 | 138 (46.00) | 108 (36.00) | 39 (13.00) | 13 (4.33) | 2 (0.67) |