Illness perceptions, self-care practices, and glycemic control among type 2 diabetes patients in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Table 2 Illness perception and diabetes control

Illness Domain	Score	Total	Poor control	Good control	p-value
Personal control	Mean (sd)	3.60 (2.7)	3.97 (2.7)	2.90 (2.5)	0.01
Personal control	Median (IQR)	4.0 (1.0 to 5.0)	5 (2.0 to 5.0)	3 (0.0 to 5.0)	0.01
Treatment control	Mean (sd)	2.68 (2.3)	2.69 (2.3)	2.66 (2.3)	0.94
Treatment control	Median (IQR)	2.0 (0.0 to 5.0)	2.0 (0.0 to 5.0)	2.0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0.99
Coherence (understand)	Mean (sd)	2.44 (2.6)	2.42 (2.7)	2.49 (2.4)	0.86
Coherence (understand)	Median (IQR)	2.0 (0.0 to 5.0)	2.0 (0.0 to 4.0)	2.0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0.58
Consequences (affect)	Mean (sd)	3.98 (3.7)	4.21 (3.8)	3.56 (3.5)	0.27
Consequences (affect)	Median (IQR)	5.0 (0.0 to 7.0)	5.0 (0.0 to 8.0)	4.0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0.37
Timeline (continue)	Mean (sd)	8.68 (2.8)	8.90 (2.6)	8.28 (3.1)	0.16
Timeline (continue)	Median (IQR)	10 (10.0 to 10.0)	10 (10 to 10.0)	10 (5.0 to 10.0)	0.15
Identity (symptoms)	Mean (sd)	2.70 (3.4)	2.88 (3.6)	2.33 (3.1)	0.31
Identity (symptoms)	Median (IQR)	0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0.42
Concern	Mean (sd)	2.58 (3.4)	2.82 (3.4)	2.11 (3.3)	0.18
Concern	Median (IQR)	0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0.15
Emotional	Mean (sd)	2.50 (3.3)	2.72 (3.4)	2.08 (3.1)	0.21
Emotional	Median (IQR)	0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0 (0.0 to 5.0)	0.18
Total illness score	Mean (sd)	29.4 (11.6)	31.0 (11.6)	26.7 (11.2)	0.03
Total illness score	Median (IQR)	30.0 (21.0 to 38.0)	31.0 (22.0 to 39.0)	24.0 (20 to 35.0)	0.04

Sd Standard deviation, IQR Inter-quartile range
^attest for comparisons of means, Wilcoxon rank sum test for comparisons of median

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