The current study was part of a dissertation project titled "Diabetes Self-management and Health Outcomes Among Chinese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes" by Meihua Ji in fulfilling the requirement for the PhD program at School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh. We extend our sincere thanks to the clinic nurses (Xiaojing Wang, Huan Dong, Wenying Zhao, Ping Wang, and Qianqian Li) who worked at the Endocrinology Center at Luhe Hospital, where the study was conducted. We also thank Ran Sun, PhD candidate, from the School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, for assisting us with the translation and verification of the Chinese documents used in the current study. In addition, Dr Ying Wu, dean and professor from the School of Nursing, Capital Medical University (Beijing, China), provided assistance during implementation of the study.