Personality Traits and Self-Care Behaviors in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics

Variables	Mean ± SD
Sex
Male%(f)	74.6 (147)
Female%(f)	25.4 (50)
Marital status
Married %(f)	44.2 (87)
Single %(f)	17.3 (34)
Consensual union %(f)	23.3 (46)
Other %(f)	15.2(30)
Age	53.1 ± 8.4
Schooling	5.7 ± 4.3
Time lived DMT2	9.0 ± 6.5
WC	96.3 ± 14.2
BMI	27.5 ± 4.1
Normal %(f)	23.4 (46)
Overweight %(f)	49.2 (97)
Obesity %(f)	27.4 (54)

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Description of Self-Care Activities and Personality Traits of People with T2DM

Variables	Mean ± SD
Self-care (0–70)	28.0 ± 11.8
Diet (0–28)	15.8 ± 6.6
Exercise (0–14)	3.5 ± 1.9
Glucose SM (0–14)	1.6 ± 1.2
Foot care (0–14)	6.7 ± 5.3
Personality traits
Conscientiousness (9–45)	32.8 ± 4.3
Neuroticism (8–40)	23.4 ± 4.2
Openness (10–50)	31.0 ± 5.8
Extraversion (8–40)	33.5 ± 4.6
Agreeableness (9–45)	32.5 ± 4.0

Abbreviations: SM, self-monitoring; SD, standard deviation.

Table 3 Pearson’s Correlation Between Personality Traits and Self-Care Activities on T2DM

	Self-Care	Diet	Exercise	Glucose SM	Foot Care
Conscientiousness	0.283**	0.230**	0.201**	0.063	0.167*
Neuroticism	−0.144*	−0.055	−0.112	−0.108	−0.097
Openness	0.259**	0.077	0.207**	0.103	0.248**
Extraversion	0.097	0.071	0.038	−0.024	0.116
Agreeableness	0.133	0.017	0.078	−0.021	0.197**

Notes: p<0.05*; p<0.01**.

Abbreviation: SM, self-monitoring.

Table 4 Linear Regression Model for Self-Care Activities in DM2

Variables	β^a	t	p	95% IC
Conscientiousness	0.273*	2.784	0.025	0.122, 0.609
Neuroticism	−0.118	−1.458	0.147	−0.474, 0.132
Openness	0.141**	1.616	0.006	−0.061, 0.311
Extraversion	−0.393	−2.269	0.064	−0.543, −0.141
Agreeableness	0.297	1.869	0.108	−0.055, 0.275

Notes: p<0.05*; p<0.01**; ^aadjusted for age, education, number of years lived with T2DM, waist circumference, and BMI.