Medication adherence and quality of life among type-2 diabetes mellitus patients in India

Table 3 Multiple linear regression analysis of predicting variables for quality of life domains

Demographic variable	Physical domain		Psychological domain		Social domain		Environmental domain		Overall perception of QoL		Overall perception of health
	β	P value	β	P value	β	P value	β	P value	β	P value	β	P value
Age, (ref ≤ 71 yr)	-4.84	0.009	-1.12	0.56	-0.28	0.87	2.62	0.08	0.04	0.65	-0.15	0.14
Gender (ref = male)	-0.42	0.83	-1.48	0.47	2.38	0.21	1.52	0.34	-0.003	0.98	-0.18	0.09
Marital status (ref = single)	-1.13	0.47	-1.77	0.29	-5.98	0	-0.24	0.85	-0.04	0.64	-0.07	0.41
Educational qualification (ref = illiterate)	-0.04	0.96	1.27	0.19	0.92	0.3	2.75	0	0.09	0.06	0.03	0.5
Type of family (ref = nuclear)	-2.96	0.08	-4.32	0.02	-1.45	0.37	-2.03	0.14	-0.03	0.71	-0.02	0.84
Monthly income (ref ≤ 20,000)	3.57	0.005	0.35	0.79	2.86	0.02	2.13	0.04	0.05	0.39	0.16	0.02
Habitat (ref = rural)	-3.37	0.06	-0.57	0.76	-1.88	0.27	1.57	0.21	-0.02	0.82	-0.11	0.26
Years with DM (ref ≥ 15)	0.75	0.5	0.27	0.82	-1.26	0.31	-0.12	0.89	0	0.99	0.004	0.96
Drug used (ref = other OHA)	-1.84	0.07	-0.29	0.79	-0.74	0.46	0.52	0.54	-0.06	0.28	-0.09	0.12
Chronic comorbid illness (ref = hypertension)	-0.73	0.63	-0.4	0.8	2.47	0.09	0.58	0.64	0.13	0.08	0.07	0.41
Adherent level (ref = nonadherent)	8.91	0	7.59	0	-0.55	0.74	1.72	0.22	0.36	0	0.34	0

β-Standardized regression coefficient; DM: Diabetes mellitus; OHA: Oral hypoglycemic agent; QoL: Quality of Life; Ref: Reference group.