A cross-sectional study of 222 Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes was conducted in a primary care
center. We collected information on demographics, provider-patient communication (knowledge), social support
(motivation), self-efficacy (behavioral skills), and diabetes self-care (behavior). The values of total cholesterol (TC),
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were also obtained.
Measured variable path analyses were used to the IMB framework.