Table 3 Mean level of self-management comparison between chronically ill people who have no basic problems and chronically ill people who have basic problems, unadjusted means versus PSM adjusted estimatesa
From: Do everyday problems of people with chronic illness interfere with their disease management?
Unadjusted means (n) | Model-based (adjusted) estimates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No basic problems | Basic problems | Mean difference | 95 % CI | p-values | |
Self-management | |||||
Symptom management | 2.97 (1174) | 2.91 (301) | .01 | −.27–.28 | n.s. |
Active involvement | 3.37 (1182) | 3.21 (299) | −.10 | −.23–.03 | n.s. |
Coping | 2.78 (1183) | 2.15 (303) | −.29 | −.44– −.15 | 0.000 |