Change in self-rated general health is associated with perceived illness burden: a 1-year follow up of patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes

Table 3 Self-rated general health change vs. illness severity and patient experience one year later. Multivariate analysis

	Difference in change in SRH^a	95% CI	P
Illness severity at diabetes diagnosis:
CVD^b
Yes	0.23	−0.05; 0.51	0.11
No	0	-	0.11
Peripheral neuropathy
Yes	−0.30	−0.64; 0.04	0.09
No	0	-	0.09
Urinary albumin mg/ml
Proteinuria: ≥ 200	−0.12	−0.65; 0.41	0.06 ^c
Microalbuminuria: ≥15- < 200	−0.30	−0.55; −0.05
Normal: < 15	0	-
Diabetes-related symptoms
K + 1	0.04	−0.01; 0.10	0.14
K	0	-	0.14
Patient experience at one year follow-up:
Health behaviour:
Has not changed way of living after diagnosis	0.21	−0.11; 0.53	0.20
Has not changed way of living after diagnosis	0	−0.11; 0.53	0.20
General practice visits per year
K + 1	0.05	−0.03; 0.12	0.20
K	0	-	0.20
Social support:
Feel alone, misunderstood	−0.33	−0.76; 0.09	0.10 ^c
Handles it myself	−0.13	−0.40; 0.14
Full support	0	-
Coping: Illness burden
Major burden	−0.56	−1.19; 0.06	0.03 ^c
Some burden	−0.26	−0.60; 0.07
Minor burden	−0.07	−0.35; 0.21
No burden	0	-

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