Use of social adaptability index to explain self-care and diabetes outcomes

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 2 Unadjusted models for the relationship with self-care behaviors

	General Diet	Specific Diet	Exercise	Blood Sugar Test	Foot Care
Unadjusted Analyses
SAI score	0.03	0.05	0.02	−0.03	−0.03
R²	0.0016	0.0063	0.0004	0.0008	0.0013
SAI indicator - education
No high school degree (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
High school graduate	−0.34	−0.23	0.60	0.33	−0.02
College graduate	−0.31	−0.22	0.60*	0.40	−0.27
Post college	−0.01	−0.10	1.34**	−0.13	−0.05
SAI indicator - employment
Unemployed (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
Retired	0.30	0.43*	0.05	−0.05	0.12
Working part time	−0.09	0.32	−0.06	−0.42	−0.23
Working full time	−0.16	0.12	0.43	−0.19	−0.09
SAI indicator – marital status
Never married (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
Divorced/separated	0.19	0.10	0.22	−0.39	0.12
Married	0.04	0.12	0.16	0.04	0.04
SAI indicator – substance abuse
Abusing drugs and alcohol (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
Abusing drugs	0.07	0.34	−0.07	−0.25	0.11
Abusing tobacco	0.38	0.41	−0.46	0.41	0.16
No drug or alcohol abuse	0.38	0.52*	−0.03	0.33	0.85*
SAI indicator – income
> $20,000 (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
$20,000 - $49,999	0.16	−0.19	−0.86***	−0.36	−0.39
$50,000 and more	0.17	0.02	−0.55	−0.57	−0.79
R²	0.0208	0.0338	0.0471	0.0249	0.0354

Bold = statistical significance, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ref. = reference A1c = hemoglobin A1c, PCS = physical component of quality of life, MCS = mental component of quality of life adjusted for age, race, gender, site, diabetes duration, health status and comorbidity

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