Table 5

Regression of frequency of self-care behaviours

Frequency of self-care behaviours, composite scoreGeneral dietingSpecific dietingExerciseMeasuring blood sugarFoot care
Health empowerment: impact0.278**0.424***0.169#0.239**0.0620.120
Health empowerment: self-determination0.151#0.0170.1270.187*0.0800.132
Diabetes knowledge0.0190.0030.053−0.0460.086−0.036
Health literacy, S-TOFHLA0.045−0.042−0.0230.096−0.0610.138
Health literacy, screening scale−0.0410.023−0.107−0.113−0.002−0.058
R2(0.20)(0.22)(0.09)(0.17)(0.12)(0.10)
  • #p<0.10, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

  • S-TOFHLA, the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults.