Table 4 Mean level of self-management comparison between chronically ill people who have no social problems and chronically ill people who have social 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 social problems | Social problems | Mean difference | 95 % CI | p-values | |
Self-management | |||||
Symptom management | 3.01 (1053) | 2.83 (422) | −.16 | −.31– −.02 | 0.026 |
Active involvement | 3.36 (1059) | 3.29 (422) | −.06 | −.16–.05 | n.s. |
Coping | 2.86 (1062) | 2.13 (424) | −.37 | −.48– −.25 | 0.000 |