Table 4. Multi-variable logistic regression of the causes of change in participants’ self-evaluation disease condition.

Disease condition	Characters	n (%)	OR(95%CI)	P-value
Condition worsening (n=22)	Subsequent visit
	No	18 (81.82%)	3.785(0.871, 16.458)	0.076
	Yes	4 (18.18%)
		Medication regimen
	Not changed	14 (63.64%)	0.264 (0.060, 1.167)	0.079
	Changed	8 (36.36%)
		Emotional status
	Negative	4 (18.18%)	3.306(0.413, 26.454)	0.260
	Positive	3 (13.64%)	0.830 (0.178, 3.880)	0.813
	Normal	15 (68.18%)
		Physical exercise
	Reduced	5 (22.73%)	17.593 (2.035, 152.097)	0.009
	Not reduced	17 (77.27%)
		Rest
	Inadequate	21 (95.45%)	1.071 (0.262, 4.378)	0.924
	Adequate	1 (4.55%)
		Smoking
	No	19 (86.36%)	0.665 (0.123, 3.591)	0.636
	Yes	3 (13.64%)
Condition improved (n=25)		Subsequent visit
	No	21 (84.00%)	2.730 (0.731, 10.199)	0.135
	Yes	4 (16.00%)
		Medication regimen
	Not changed	19 (76.00%)	0.374 (0.094, 1.496)	0.165
	Changed	6 (24.00%)
		Emotional status
	Negative	1 (4.00%)	2.094 (0.138, 31.710)	0.594
	Positive	14 (56.00%)	2.259 (0.751, 6.792)	0.147
	Normal	10 (40.00%)
		Physical exercise
	Reduced	1 (4.00%)	0.694 (0.222, 2.167)	0.529
	Not reduced	24 (96.00%)
		Rest
	9 (36.00%)	0.136 (0.015, 1.249)		0.078
	Adequate	16 (64.00%)
		Smoking
	Yes	4 (15.38%)	0.481 (0.104, 2.228)	0.350
	No	22 (84.62%)

*The category with no change in the condition (n=55) was used as the reference category for the two groups of condition worsening (n=22) and condition improved (n=25).