From 390 participants, 64.6% were female,
and 79% were married. Age of respondents
ranged from 30 to 85 years, with a mean age
of 57.1 years old (SD=9.6). About 40% of
participants between 61-70 years old.
Regarding the educational status, 47.9% of
respondents were illiterate, and 17.7% were
primary. Also, 31.5% of participants reported
that had history of diabetes in first-degree
family members.
Table 1 shows bivariate associations between
the HBM variables. According to the results,
severity, self-efficacy and cause to action with
perceived susceptibility were positively
correlated and with perceived barriers were
negatively correlated (P