Diabetes empowerment scores among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and its correlated factors: A cross-sectional study in a primary care setting in Malaysia

Table 3 The correlation between clinical outcome with total diabetes empowerment scores and subscales and among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

Variables	Total diabetes empowerment score		Managing the psychosocial aspect of diabetes		Assessing dissatisfaction and readiness to change		Setting and achieving diabetes goal
	Coefficient correlation	P value	Coefficient correlation	P value	Coefficient correlation	P value	Coefficient correlation	P value
Systolic blood pressure1 (mmHg)	0.046	0.411	0.073	0.192	0.014	0.798	0.013	0.821
Diastolic blood pressure1 (mmHg)	-0.009	0.867	-0.011	0.849	-0.055	0.323	0.024	0.674
HbA1c1 (%)	-0.132	0.018	-0.122	0.028	-0.11	0.049	-1.168	0.003
HDL level1 (mmol/L)	0.022	0.693	0.019	0.734	0.013	0.816	0.104	0.063
LDL level1 (mmol/L)	-0.087	0.12	-0.064	0.252	-0.044	0.435	-0.062	0.269
TG level1 (mmol/L)	-0.034	0.538	0.043	0.438	-0.015	0.788	-0.067	0.231

¹Indicates Spearman’s test was used. HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; TG: Triglycerides.