Objective To understand the risk perception status and influencing factors among type 2 diabetes patients.Methods We investigated 268 patients with type 2 diabetes utilizing the Risk Perception Survey for Diabetes Mellitus.Results The composite score of comparative risk perception was 2.55±0.37,the subscale score in a descending order was 3.39±0.51 for worry,2.84±0.39 for environmental risk,2.74±0.47 for personal risk control(PRC),2.52±0.67 for optimistic bias(OB),and 2.17±0.78 for personal disease risk(PDR).The scores of PRC and OB for p...