Table 3B.
Bivariate analysis of associations between clinical characteristics and the domain “Worries” and the total score.
| Characteristics | Worries | Total Score | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above median | Below median | PR | CI 95% | p | Above median | Below median | PR | CI 95% | p | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||||
| Time with DM</emph> | ||||||||||||||
| ≥ 3 years | 29 | 49.15 | 30 | 50.85 | 1.07 | [0.69; 1.65] | 0.760 | 34 | 57.63 | 25 | 42.37 | 1.64 | [1.01; 2.68] | 0.032 |
| > 1 — <3 years | 17 | 45.95 | 20 | 54.05 | 1.00 | 13 | 35.14 | 24 | 64.86 | 1.00 | ||||
| Insulin/day | ||||||||||||||
| ≥ 3 injections | 29 | 48.33 | 31 | 51.67 | 1.00 | [0.65; 1.53] | 0.982 | 31 | 51.66 | 29 | 48.33 | 1.13 | [0.73; 1.75] | 0.576 |
| ≤ 2 injections | 17 | 48.57 | 18 | 51.43 | 1.00 | 16 | 45.71 | 19 | 54.29 | 1.00 | ||||
| Type of insulin | ||||||||||||||
| UR | 1 | 14.29 | 6 | 85.71 | 0.29 | [0.05; 1.82] | 0.116* | 1 | 14.29 | 6 | 85.71 | 0.27 | [0.04; 1.69] | 0.105 |
| I/I+R/I+UR | 17 | 58.62 | 12 | 41.38 | 1.19 | [0.80; 1.79] | 0.404 | 16 | 55.17 | 13 | 44.83 | 1.05 | [0.70; 1.58] | 0.823 |
| S+R/S+UR | 28 | 49.12 | 29 | 50.88 | 1.00 | 30 | 52.63 | 27 | 47.37 | 1.00 | ||||
| Self-monitoring of glycemia | ||||||||||||||
| No | 45 | 50.00 | 45 | 50.00 | 1.00 | 44 | 48.89 | 46 | 51.11 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 1 | 16.67 | 5 | 83.33 | 0.33 | [0.06; 2.02] | 0.206* | 3 | 50.00 | 3 | 50.00 | 1.02 | [0.45; 2.34] | 1.00 |
| Hypoglycemia | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 31 | 43.66 | 40 | 56.34 | 0.73 | [0.48; 1.10] | 0.160 | 36 | 50.70 | 35 | 49.30 | 1.15 | [0.70; 1.90] | 0.564 |
| No | 15 | 60.00 | 10 | 40.00 | 1.00 | 11 | 44.00 | 14 | 56.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Hypo- or hyperglycemia | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 44 | 47.31 | 49 | 52.69 | 0.71 | [0.31; 1.62] | 0.606 | 45 | 48.39 | 48 | 51.61 | 0.73 | [0.32; 1.66] | 0.613 |
| No | 2 | 66.67 | 1 | 33.33 | 1.00 | 2 | 66.67 | 1 | 33.33 | 1.00 | ||||
| Last HbA1c measurement | ||||||||||||||
| ≥ 6 months | 9 | 56.25 | 7 | 43.75 | 1.27 | [0.75; 2.14] | 0.406 | 10 | 62.50 | 6 | 37.50 | 1.41 | [0.87; 2.28] | 0.204 |
| > 3 and <6 months | 13 | 50.00 | 13 | 50.00 | 1.12 | [0.69; 1.83] | 0.641 | 13 | 50.00 | 13 | 50.00 | 1.12 | [0.69; 1.83] | 0.641 |
| <3 months | 24 | 44.44 | 30 | 55.56 | 1.00 | 24 | 44.44 | 30 | 55.56 | 1.00 | ||||
| Physical activity | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 40 | 46.51 | 46 | 53.49 | 1.00 | 43 | 50.00 | 43 | 50.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| No | 6 | 60.00 | 4 | 40.00 | 1.29 | [0.74; 2.25] | 0.513 | 4 | 40.00 | 6 | 60.00 | 0.80 | [0.36; 1.76] | 0.741* |
| Physical activity | ||||||||||||||
| Never | 6 | 60.00 | 4 | 40.00 | 1.47 | [0.82; 2.63] | 0.315* | 4 | 40.00 | 6 | 60.00 | 0.80 | [0.36; 1.77] | 0.737* |
| ≤ 2 times/week | 13 | 65.00 | 7 | 35.00 | 1.59 | [0.99; 2.45] | 0.058 | 10 | 50.00 | 10 | 50.00 | 1.00 | [0.61; 1.65] | 1.000 |
| ≥ 3 times/week | 27 | 40.91 | 39 | 59.09 | 1.00 | 33 | 50.00 | 33 | 50.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Nutritional status | ||||||||||||||
| Thin | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 100.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.017 | 2 | 50.00 | 2 | 50.00 | 1.01 | [0.37; 2.77] | 1.000* |
| Eutrophic | 41 | 51.90 | 38 | 48.10 | 1.00 | 39 | 49.37 | 40 | 50.63 | 1.00 | ||||
| Overweight | 5 | 38.46 | 8 | 61.54 | 0.74 | [0.36; 1.52] | 0.369 | 6 | 46.15 | 7 | 53.85 | 0.94 | [0.50; 1.75] | 0.830 |
| Value of last Hb1Ac measurement | 43 | 55.14 | 35 | 44.87 | 2.48 | [1.02; 6.02] | 0.012 | |||||||
| > 7% | 41 | 52.56 | 37 | 47.44 | 1.89 | [0.87; 4.10] | 0.058 | 43 | 55.14 | 35 | 44.87 | 2.48 | [1.02; 6.02] | 0.012 |
| ≤ 7% | 5 | 27.78 | 13 | 72.22 | 1.00 | 4 | 22.22 | 14 | 77.78 | 1.00 | ||||