Table 4 Association between patient characteristics and self-management tasks subscales* (coping and physical), results of multivariable linear regression models (n = 246**)
Variables | Coping tasks | Physical tasks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beta | 95% CI | Beta | 95% CI | ||
Demographics | |||||
Age | 18–44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
45–64 | 0.01 | [− 0.10; 0.11] | 0.14 | [− 0.01; 0.28] | |
65–74 | 0.14 | [− 0.04; 0.32] | 0.20 | [− 0.04; 0.44] | |
Sex | Male | − 0.18 | [− 0.29; − 0.08] | − 0.02 | [− 0.16; 0.12] |
Education | Secondary school or less (ref: college or university) | 0.07 | [− 0.03; 0.16] | 0.09 | [− 0.04; 0.21] |
Geographical location | City | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Suburbs of a city | − 0.04 | [− 0.13; 0.06] | 0.04 | [− 0.09; 0.18] | |
Small town or rural | − 0.04 | [− 0.14; 0.05] | 0.00 | [− 0.13; 0.14] | |
Language spoken | French (ref: English) | 0.08 | [− 0.08; 0.23] | 0.11 | [− 0.11; 0.32] |
Employment | Currently employed | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
Employment disability | 0.13 | [0.03; 0.23] | 0.23 | [0.10; 0.37] | |
Retired | − 0.19 | [− 0.35; − 0.04] | − 0.08 | [− 0.29; 0.13] | |
Unemployed | − 0.03 | [− 0.18; 0.12] | − 0.11 | [− 0.31; 0.10] | |
Chronic diseases | |||||
Arthritis | Yes | 0.07 | [− 0.02; 0.15] | 0.24 | [0.13; 0.36] |
Emotional problems | Yes | 0.14 | [0.05; 0.22] | − 0.02 | [− 0.13; 0.09] |
Hypertension | Yes | 0.10 | [− 0.00; 0.22] | 0.07 | [− 0.06; 0.21] |
Asthma | Yes | 0.11 | [0.01; 0.22] | 0.06 | [− 0.08; 0.20] |
Neurological | Yes | 0.07 | [− 0.03; 0.17] | 0.23 | [0.09; 0.37] |
Diabetes | Yes | 0.01 | [− 0.11; 0.13] | 0.07 | [− 0.10; 0.23] |
Autoimmune | Yes | 0.09 | [− 0.03; 0.20] | 0.07 | [− 0.09; 0.22] |
Heart disease | Yes | − 0.15 | [− 0.29; − 0.02] | − 0.03 | [− 0.22; 0.15] |
Gastrointestinal | Yes | 0.04 | [− 0.09; 0.17] | − 0.05 | [− 0.22; 0.13] |
Other musculoskeletal | Yes | 0.15 | [0.01; 0.30] | 0.20 | [0.01; 0.39] |