Table 3. Linear regression model of depressive tendency and health literacy of women with diabetes.

Factors	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	Parameter	Test value	p	Parameter	Test value	p
Age	-0.013	-0.20	0.84
Education level (base: primary + high school)
College or above	1.44	0.86	0.39	2.88	1.83	0.069
Marital status (base: married + divorced)
Unmarried + widowed	3.85	1.91	0.06
Religious belief (Base: no)
Yes	0.19	0.12	0.91
Employment level (base: unemployed)
Employed + housewife	-3.69	-1.90	0.059	-3.74	-2.03	0.044*
Monthly income (base: No)
Below USD 1208	-1.47	-0.90	0.37
Above USD 1208	0.035	0.02	0.99
Economic satisfaction (base: living at income level + living within income)
Living beyond one’s income +living well within income	8.18	3.72	0.003*	8.27	3.92	0.0001*
Dependence status (base: self-care)
Dependent on others	1.67	1.00	0.32
Companion (base: family)
Others	1.20	0.39	0.70
Longer duration of diabetes (base:<=10 years)
>10 years	-0.46	-0.26	0.79
Insulin using (base: no)
Yes	-0.18	-0.11	0.91
Good sugar control (base: HbA1C>7%)
HbA1C<=7%	0.44	0.28	0.78
Health literacy	-0.18	-2.12	0.04*	-0.17	-2.05	0.042*
Self-rated health status	-1.39	-3.37	0.001*	-1.11	-2.85	0.005*

^*significant.

USD: United States Dollar.