A cross-sectional study of the differences in diabetes knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and self-care practices as related to assessment of chronic illness care among people with diabetes consulting in a family physician-led hospital-based first line health service and local government health unit-based health centers in the Philippines

Table 3 Proportion of people with diabetes consulting at the health services with good self-care practices, adjusted to age and gender

Self care practice	VMMC	LGHU	P value (Pearson’s chi²)
Utilization of health services	78.8%	37.0%	<0.001
Adherence to medications	93.7%	52.4%	<0.001
Adherence to diet	61.6%	47.9%	0.924
Adherence to exercise	66.1%	32.2%	<0.001

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