Exploring the relationship between health knowledge, health literacy, self-care, self-efficacy, and glycemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 5 Correlation among self-care, diabetes knowledge, glycemic control, health literacy, self-efficacy, and medication adherence

	Diabetes knowledge	Glycemic control	Health literacy	Self-efficacy	Medication adherence
Self-care	0.16 (0.128)	0.06 (0.565)	0.31 (0.003)	0.49 (< 0.001)	0.37 (< 0.001)
Self-care (diet subscale)	0.07 (0.494)	-0.03 (0.736)	0.15 (0.135)	0.32 (0.001)	0.41 (< 0.001)
Diabetes knowledge		0.07 (0.495)	0.31 (0.002)	0.21 (0.038)	0.02 (0.827)
Glycemic control			-0.16 (0.125)	-0.01 (0.898)	0.09 (0.376)
Health literacy				0.55 (< 0.001)	0.13 (0.197)
Self-efficacy					0.11 (0.286)

The result was presented using correlation coefficient (P value).