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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Educ. 2013 May 2;39(4):504–514. doi: 10.1177/0145721713486837

Table 3.

Linear Mixed Model with Interactions Predicting Psychosocial Outcomes over Time

Intervention Group
(N=67)
Control Group
(N=67)
Mixed Model Analysis
with Interactions
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Effect P-value
Self-Care Inventory-R
  Baseline 59.1±12.2 60.0±15.1 Time <0.001
  3 Month 61.9±12.6 65.6±14.4 Group 0.51
  6 Month 64.5±10.4 65.1±15.3 Group*Time 0.52
  12 Month 64.7±13.3 68.2±14.1
Glucose checks per day
  Baseline 1.2±1.0 1.5±1.2 Time 0.50
  3 Month 1.3±1.0 1.5±1.3 Group 0.12
  6 Month 1.2±0.9 1.7±1.3 Group*Time 0.26
  12 Month 1.2±1.0 1.8±1.6
6-minute walk test
  Baseline 492.6±90.1 475.9±102.4 Time 0.55
  3 Month 488.0±84.8 472.6±104.3 Group 0.21
  6 Month 475.8±86.4 472.4±107.5 Group*Time 0.66
  12 Month 485.3±79.5 476.1±94.1
Pedometer readings
  Baseline 16,794±11,895 16,097±7744 Time 0.89
  3 Month 17,567±15,711 14,633±8157 Group 0.25
  6 Month 16,548±10,042 14.679±8707 Group*Time 0.83
  12 Month 16,619±10,452 15,350±8745
Body Mass Index
  Baseline 34.6±7.0 33.7±7.1 Time 0.63
  3 Month 34.1±6.2 33.7±7.1 Group 0.34
  6 Month 34.4±7.2 33.0±7.2 Group*Time 0.86
  12 Month 34.4±7.5 33.4±6.4
Diabetes Quality of Life
  Baseline 67.9±10.6 66.9±12.1 Time 0.03
  3 Month 69.7±10.8 69.9±12.4 Group 0.63
  6 Month 71.1±10.0 70.9±12.1 Group*Time 0.86
  12 Month 71.0±10.6 71.1±12.3
Problem Areas in Diabetes
  Baseline 33.3±20.3 34.8±23.1 Time 0.003
  3 Month 27.7±16.9 28.9±21.1 Group 0.45
  6 Month 26.1±15.3 28.3±22.5 Group*Time 0.98
  12 Month 25.0±16.0 25.7±22.7
Frustration with Self-Care
  Baseline 48.7±22.5 43.6±23.7 Time <0.001
  3 Month 39.7±23.3 36.2±23.5 Group 0.36
  6 Month 36.3±21.0 35.2±27.0 Group*Time 0.72
  12 Month 34.8±23.4 32.2±25.1

Linear Mixed Model showed no between group differences for any variable over time.