Table 5.

Multivariate analysis examined the relationship between the variables listed in the cohort subgroup above age 61, and change in visit frequency to physicians and to the emergency department at 12 months pre- and post-Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP).

		Physician visits				ED visits
Variable (Comparitor)	Category	Estimate	95% Cl (lower; upper)		P value	Estimate	95% Cl (lower; upper)		P value
Intercept		1.98	1.31	2.65	< .0001	− 1.50	− 3.21	0.20	0.08
Program		0.03	− 0.07	0.12	0.57	− 0.16	− 0.73	0.41	0.58
Gender (ref = female)	Male	− 0.17	− 0.57	0.23	0.41	0.41	− 0.56	1.37	0.41
Rurality (ref = urban)	Rural	− 0.25	− 0.65	0.08	0.16	0.62	− 0.31	1.54	0.19
Marital status (ref = married)	Single	0.03	− 0.34	0.40	0.87	− 0.34	− 1.46	0.77	0.55
	Divorced/separated	0.48	− 0.02	0.99	0.06	0.49	− 0.80	1.78	0.46
	Widowed	0.57	0.11	1.04	0.02	1.28	0.03	2.52	0.04
Number of chronic conditions (ref = 1)	2–4	0.11	− 0.31	0.52	0.62	0.31	− 0.83	1.45	0.59
	5 +	0.62	0.10	1.14	0.02	1.69	0.26	3.12	0.02
Income (ref = quintile 1)	Quintile 2	0.30	− 0.07	0.68	0.11	− 0.18	− 1.27	0.90	0.74
	Quintile 3	− 0.31	− 0.90	0.28	0.31	0.14	− 1.24	1.53	0.84
	Quintile 4	− 0.02	− 0.50	0.45	0.92	− 1.02	− 2.30	0.26	0.12
	Quintile 5	0.35	− 0.03	0.72	0.07	1.04	− 0.10	2.18	0.07

Statistically significant values shown in bold.

Data collected between September 2009 and January 2011.