An examination of the socio-demographic correlates of patient adherence to self-management behaviors and the mediating roles of health attitudes and self-efficacy among patients with coexisting type 2 diabetes and hypertension

Table 3 Associations of socio-demographic characteristics with health attitudes and self-efficacy

Socio-demographic characteristics	Health attitudes		Self-efficacy
Socio-demographic characteristics	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Sex
Male	1		1
Female	0.97 (0.46, 2.03)	0.93	1.18 (0.57, 2.46)	0.66
Age (years)
< 64	1		1
≥ 64	2.06 (0.97, 4.37)	0.06	2.61 (1.25, 5.45)	0.01*
Education level
Lower	1		1
Higher	1.62 (0.76, 3.48)	0.21	2.14 (1, 4.56)	0.05*
Living status
Living alone	1		1
Living with family/others	0.59 (0.18, 1.89)	0.37	1.02 (0.32, 3.19)	0.98
Perceived health status
Poor	1		1
Good	2.70 (1.32, 5.52)	0.01*	1.85 (0.91, 3.75)	0.09
Diabetes duration (years)
≤ 15	1		1
> 15	2.04 (0.95, 4.37)	0.07	1.36 (0.65, 2.85)	0.42
Hypertension duration (years)
≤ 10	1		1
> 10	0.55 (0.25, 1.21)	0.14	1.14 (0.54, 2.43)	0.73

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