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. 2018 Mar 8;9(2):713–726. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0389-1

Table 5.

Bivariate analysis of factors associated with the adherence to insulin, trust in physician, and PAID scores

Variable Trust in physician score PAID score Adherence score
Gender
 Male 71.43 ± 19.58 28.11 ± 22.75* 78.40 ± 20.66
 Female 75.23 ± 21.11 37.27 ± 21.27* 80.97 ± 19.28
Sedentary lifestyle
 No 74.28 ± 20.67 30.96 ± 21.53* 81.96 ± 18.16*
 Yes 68.29 ± 18.33 42.38 ± 25.04* 67.41 ± 24.77*
Residence
 Urban 74.77 ± 19.17 30.44 ± 20.30 81.90 ± 15.85
 Rural 71.71 ± 21.71 35.35 ± 24.47 77.18 ± 23.66
Working status
 No 74.08 ± 20.35 32.24 ± 21.93 79.52 ± 20.57
 Yes 71.67 ± 20.59 33.96 ± 23.72 80.10 ± 18.65
Family history of diabetes
 No 73.83 ± 21.83 29.71 ± 24.12 84.77 ± 16.19**
 Yes 73.15 ± 19.87 34.01 ± 21.67 77.63 ± 21.01**
Concomitant use of oral antidiabetics
 No 73.66 ± 19.11 33.44 ± 23.12 78.96 ± 16.88
 Yes 73.21 ± 21.01 32.45 ± 22.21 80.02 ± 21.22
Marital status
 Married 73.49 ± 21.41 30.95 ± 20.98 80.48 ± 19.43
 Divorced/widowed 78.11 ± 17.77 38.75 ± 25.97 78.12 ± 26.25
 Single 67.55 ± 16.19 36.47 ± 25.83 77.08 ± 15.42
Educational level
 Illiterate 78.66 ± 20.91* 33.05 ± 26.05 73.26 ± 28.80**
 Primary 77.59 ± 20.16* 30.65 ± 19.54 82.75 ± 17.58**
 Secondary 62.50 ± 19.60* 40.52 ± 25.45 74.51 ± 18.38**
 University 71.88 ± 18.46* 30.11 ± 22.02 81.96 ± 18.47**
Cigarette consumption per day
 Non-smoker 74.89 ± 18.83 37.01 ± 23.94** 79.63 ± 20.54
 1–14 cigarettes 67.04 ± 27.97 31.69 ± 24.21** 80.35 ± 16.95
 15+ cigarettes 71.72 ± 22.59 25.45 ± 21.59** 76.37 ± 22.50
 Former smoker 74.28 ± 18.03 30.54 ± 17.76** 82.12 ± 18.29
Waterpipe consumption per week
 Non-smoker 74.17 ± 20.33 30.67 ± 21.67* 80.62 ± 18.79**
 Below 3 59.74 ± 25.02 55.35 ± 21.49* 60.26 ± 33.20**
 3 or more 74.14 ± 21.89 48.12 ± 20.53* 81.64 ± 23.17**
 Former smoker 73.18 ± 15.29 27.37 ± 21.35* 81.56 ± 13.53**
Weekly alcohol consumption
 Non-drinker 73.74 ± 21.08 33.24 ± 21.73 81.51 ± 19.08
 Up to one time 74.91 ± 18.87 31.34 ± 24.91 75.72 ± 21.51
 More than one time 64.89 ± 22.87 36.66 ± 26.85 72.57 ± 24.98
 Former drinker 73.10 ± 9.89 25.41 ± 17.35 79.16 ± 18.39
Total daily dose of insulin
 Delivery device
  Pen 73.49 ± 19.83 32.96 ± 22.11 80.22 ± 18.76
  Vial 71.88 ± 22.63 30.74 ± 23.42 77.54 ± 24.69
  Both 97.72 ± 0.00 65.00 ± 0.00 81.25 ± 0.00
Types of insulin
 One 73.24 ± 20.72 33.23 ± 22.36 78.98 ± 21.24
 Two 72.88 ± 19.23 29.67 ± 22.33 82.36 ± 14.51
 Three 97.72 ± 0.00 65.00 ± 0.00 81.25 ± 0.00

*p < 0.05; **p > 0.05 but < 0.2