Relationship between blood glucose self-testing and QoL: results of multiple regression analyses
QoL domain | Insulin-treated patients | Non–insulin-treated patients | ||||||
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Frequency of blood glucose self-testing | Frequency of blood glucose self-testing | |||||||
≥1/day (n = 212) | ≥1/week (n = 209) | ≥1/day (n = 227) | ≥1/week (n = 641) | |||||
β (SEM) | P | β (SEM) | P | β (SEM) | P | β (SEM) | P | |
Diabetes-related stress | −2.49 (2.20) | 0.26 | −5.49 (2.17) | 0.01 | 2.06 (1.51) | 0.17 | 1.07 (1.00) | 0.29 |
Diabetes health distress | −2.44 (2.71) | 0.37 | −2.86 (2.68) | 0.29 | 8.17 (1.87) | 0.0001 | 5.52 (1.25) | 0.0001 |
Diabetes-related worries | 3.22 (2.61) | 0.22 | −0.42 (2.59) | 0.87 | 10.88 (2.21) | 0.0001 | 3.67 (1.47) | 0.01 |
Depressive symptoms | −1.03 (1.77) | 0.56 | −3.16 (1.75) | 0.07 | 2.27 (1.17) | 0.05 | 0.71 (0.78) | 0.36 |
All analyses are adjusted for the following variables: age, gender, living status, education, TIBI, BMI, duration of diabetes, treatment, number of insulin injections, frequency of hypoglycemic symptoms, ability to self-adjust insulin doses, HbA1c value, setting of care. The β parameters are estimated by considering a frequency <1/week as the reference category.