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

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 3 Adjusted models for the relationship with self-care behaviors

	General Diet	Specific Diet	Exercise	Blood Sugar Test	Foot Care
Adjusted Analyses
SAI score	0.02	0.04	−0.01	0.0009	0.02
R²	0.0949	0.0878	0.0470	0.0490	0.0854
SAI indicator - education
No high school degree (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
High school graduate	−0.22	−0.07	0.56	0.56	0.19
College graduate	−0.07	0.04	0.64*	0.66	0.01
Post college	0.09	−0.01	1.39**	−0.10	0.16
SAI indicator - employment
Unemployed (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
Retired	−0.06	0.19	−0.23	−0.21	−0.12
Working part time	−0.23	0.25	−0.25	0.002	0.005
Working full time	−0.11	0.11	0.24	0.14	0.17
SAI indicator – marital status
Never married (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
Divorced/separated	0.28	0.22	0.29	−0.41	−0.15
Married	0.17	0.22	0.10	−0.05	0.11
SAI indicator – substance abuse
Abusing drugs and alcohol (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
Abusing drugs	0.04	0.20	0.02	−0.33	0.20
Abusing tobacco	0.31	0.29	−0.30	0.19	0.28
No drug or alcohol abuse	0.17	0.24	0.13	0.10	0.86*
SAI indicator – income
> $20,000 (ref)	---	---	---	---	---
$20,000 - $49,999	0.05	−0.12	−1.01***	−0.27	−0.44
$50,000 and more	0.09	0.08	−0.68*	−0.50	−0.61
R²	0.1007	0.0952	0.1042	0.0738	0.1058

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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