Table 4.

Multiple linear regression analysis for various potential predictor of diabetes self-management

Variables*	Unstandardised Coefficients		Standardised Beta	P value
	Beta	SE
(Constant)	4.685	0.890		<0.001
Age	0.000	0.016	−0.003	0.979
Gender	0.354	0.202	0.117	0.082
Marital status	0.133	0.255	0.048	0.602
Level of education	0.145	0.195	0.053	0.522
Employment status	0.476	0.241	0.166	0.049†
Middle income	−0.366	0.277	−0.132	0.188
High income	−0.780	0.315	−0.254	0.014†
Time since DM diagnosis	0.014	0.017	0.062	0.419
Admission to hospital in last 12 months	0.010	0.203	0.003	0.963
Other chronic diseases	0.475	0.216	0.145	0.029†
DK	0.058	0.030	0.135	0.056
SS	0.489	0.175	0.192	0.006†
DSE	0.063	0.021	0.209	0.003†

SE = standard error; DM = diabetes mellitus; DK = diabetes knowledge; SS = social support; DSE = diabetes self-efficacy.

^*Gender = male versus female; marital status = married versus single; employment status = employed versus unemployed; level of education = secondary or less versus diploma or higher; middle income = monthly income of 301–1000 Omani Rial (OMR); high income = monthly income of >1000 OMR; chronic disease = no versus yes;

^†Statistically significant predictors of DSM at P <0.05.