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Table 2 Associations between unmet needs for social support and diabetes-related distress

From: Unmet needs for social support and diabetes-related distress among people living with type 2 diabetes in Thai Binh, Vietnam: a cross-sectional study

Unmet needs for social support

Crude odds ratio (CI95%)

Model 1

Odds ratio (CI95%)

Model 2

Odds ratio (CI95%)

Model 3

Odds ratio (CI95%)

Health care visits/transportation (n = 402)

 No (ref) (n = 305)

1

1

1

1

 Yes (n = 97)

1.57 (1.11–2.22)

1.22 (0.84–1.76)

1.14 (0.78–1.65)

1.10 (0.75–1.61)

Remembering medication

 No (ref) (n = 344)

1

1

1

1

 Yes (n = 58)

1.53 (0.99–2.35)

1.27 (0.82–2.00)

1.14 (0.73–1.80)

1.14 (0.72–1.80)

Purchasing and preparing food (n = 402)

 No (ref) (n = 352)

1

1

1

1

 Yes (n = 50)

2.35 (1.40–2.93)

1.62 (0.95–2.77)

1.53 (0.89–2.65)

1.48 (0.85–2.57)

Remembering to doing exercise (n = 401)

 No (ref) (n = 331)

1

1

1

1

 Yes (n = 70)

1.60 (1.07–2.38)

1.36 (0.90–2.06)

1.21 (0.79–1.84)

1.17 (0.77–1.80)

Emotional support (n = 402)

 No (ref) (n = 371)

1

1

1

1

 Yes (n = 31)

3.65 (1.72–7.77)

2.59 (1.19–5.63)

2.38 (1.09–5.24)

2.36 (1.07–5.23)

Financial support with any of the above (n = 402)

 No (ref) (n = 306)

1

1

1

1

 Yes (n = 96)

2.07 (1.43–2.99)

1.63 (1.10–2.40)

1.49 (1.00–2.22)

1.45 (0.97–2.16)

  1. Model 1: Adjusted for age, gender, household economic status
  2. Model 2: Adjusted for age, gender, household economic status, physical health
  3. Model 3: Adjusted for age, gender, household economic status, physical health, household size, duration of diabetes