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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Educ. 2018 Oct 8;44(6):489–500. doi: 10.1177/0145721718804170

Table 3.

Correlates of A1C and DQoL

Psychosocial and Behavioral Factor Correlation Coefficient P-value* P-value P-value
Association with A1C
DQoL −0.14 0.20 0.17 0.08
Behavioral
SMBG −0.33 0.003 0.01 --
Medication adherence −0.26 0.02 0.06 --
 In-clinic recruit −0.03 0.85 0.47 --
 Social media/mass mailing recruit −0.46 0.003 0.01 --
Affective
Life satisfaction −0.04 0.71 0.97 1.00
Diabetes distress 0.19 0.09 0.07 0.07
Depressive symptoms 0.27 0.02 0.01 0.02
Cognitive
Diabetes self-efficacy −0.11 0.32 0.58 0.57
 Immigrant −0.52 0.02 0.12 0.28
 US Born −0.00 0.98 0.89 0.78
Problem solving −0.08 0.46 0.81 0.54
Diabetes knowledge −0.14 0.21 0.35 0.28
Experiential
Objective participation 0.09 0.43 0.23 0.09
Participation satisfaction −0.23 0.04 0.08 0.03
 Type 1 diabetes −0.37 0.004 0.01 0.002
 Type 2 diabetes 0.22 0.35 0.07 0.04
Stressful life events 0.12 0.29 0.25 0.28
 Type 1 diabetes 0.28 0.03 0.01 0.01
 Type 2 diabetes −0.45 0.05 0.39 0.17
Association with DQoL
Behavioral
SMBG −0.07 0.53 0.20 --
Medication adherence 0.08 0.49 0.88 --
Affective
Life satisfaction 0.23 0.04 0.04 0.03
 Type 1 diabetes 0.34 0.01 0.01 0.01
 Type 2 diabetes −0.19 0.42 0.26 0.28
 Immigrant −0.21 0.35 0.86 0.61
 US Born 0.32 0.01 0.02 0.02
Diabetes distress −0.46 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Depressive symptoms −0.39 0.0003 0.0003 0.0002
Cognitive
Diabetes self-efficacy 0.01 0.96 0.92 0.72
Problem solving 0.06 0.60 0.25 0.09
 Male 0.41 0.03 0.07 0.06
 Female −0.13 0.35 0.89 0.60
Diabetes knowledge −0.08 0.50 0.97 0.91
Experiential
Objective participation −0.15 0.19 0.62 0.53
Participation satisfaction 0.24 0.03 0.01 0.01
Stressful life events −0.31 0.005 0.005 0.005
*

Unadjusted

Adjusted for diabetes type, gender, Latino ethnicity, immigrant status, recruitment, age, and duration of diabetes

Adjusted for diabetes type, gender, Latino ethnicity, immigrant status, recruitment, age, duration of diabetes, glucose management, and medication adherence