The present article aimed at importance of self-efficacy assessment in behavioral change ,self-management capaci-ty ,empowerment capacity and active response in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) ,introduced research progress of dia-betes self-efficacy assessment scale in China and overseas ,and influencing factors affecting self-efficacy of DM patients , such as baseline data ,well-awareness of blood glucose control ,method and content of health education and social support etc .,in order to promote research and development of Chinese self-efficacy assessment tool .