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. 2018 Sep 26;12:1937–1945. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S175045

Table S2.

Logistic regression analysis on the association between outcome expectancy, time preference, their product, and patient self-management

Self-managing behavior Predicting variables

Outcome expectancy
Time preference
OE × TP
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Weigh oneself (≥ once per week =1) 1.31 1.02, 1.70 0.96 0.80, 1.15 1.03 0.99, 1.08
Wound checking (≥ once per week =1) 0.95 0.73, 1.23 0.89 0.74, 1.07 1.02 0.98, 1.07
Blood sugar (≥ once per week =1 or ≥ daily when treated with insulin =1) 0.96 0.71, 1.29 0.84 0.67, 1.04 1.04 0.98, 1.09
Blood pressure (≥ once per week =1) 1.19 0.91, 1.55 0.91 0.76, 1.10 1.03 0.98, 1.08
Keeping diabetes diary (yes =1) 1.13 0.82, 1.57 1.07 0.86, 1.35 1.00 0.95, 1.06
Diet (yes =1) 1.21 0.77, 1.92 0.97 0.70, 1.33 1.03 0.95, 1.11

Continuous intermediate outcomes β CI β CI β CI

Score (0–6) 0.09 −0.10, 0.28 −0.13 −0.27, 0.01 0.04 0.003, 0.07

Notes: Results are adjusted for age, sex, education, participation in an educational program, and whether the participant received insulin or not. Predictors are scaled from 1 to 4 with 1= the lowest expression and 4= the highest expression of the respective predictor. Because the highest score of the combined variables should represent the highest expected utility, TP was recorded from 1= “very high time preference” to 4= “very low time preference” when combined with OE. Values significant at a level of P<0.05 are given in bold.

Abbreviations: OE, outcome expectancy; TP, time preference.