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Table 4 Factors associated with adherence to total calorie intake, physical exercise, betel nut and smokeless tobacco cessation, and fasting blood glucose control

From: The influence of mobile phone-based health reminders on patient adherence to medications and healthy lifestyle recommendations for effective management of diabetes type 2: a randomized control trial in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Variables

 

Adherence: total calorie intake

crude OR

95% CI

p

adjusted OR

95% CI

p

Group

Intervention

3.82

2.26, 6.43

0.00

4.00

2.34, 6.83

0.00

Sex

Male

1.98

1.13, 3.48

0.017

1.87

1.02, 3.41

0.04

Adherence at baseline

Adherent

1.43

0.84, 2.42

0.18

1.62

0.91, 2.88

0.09

Adherence: walking 5 or more days in a week

crude OR

95% CI

p

adjusted OR

95% CI

p

Group

Intervention

2.37

1.24, 4.52

0.008

3.07

1.52, 6.19

0.002

Sex

Male

0.57

0.29, 1.13

0.11

0.72

0.34, 1.52

0.39

Age

25–40 years

ref.

  

ref.

  
 

41–60 years

0.49

0.14, 1.71

0.26

0.40

0.11, 1.47

0.17

 

> 60 years

0.12

0.03, 0.45

0.002

0.10

0.02, 0.41

0.001

Adherence at baseline

Adherent

1.91

1.01, 3.62

0.045

2.37

1.18, 4.77

0.01

Adherence: did not smoke tobacco

crude OR

95% CI

p

adjusted OR

95% CI

p

Group

Intervention

5.11

2.54, 10.25

0.00

5.75

2.70,12.21

0.00

Sex

Male

2.41

1.03, 5.65

0.041

1.36

0.59, 4.24

0.52

Education

Up to primary level

ref.

  

ref.

  

Up to higher secondary

2.62

1.41, 4.85

0.002

2.42

1.20, 4.86

0.01

Graduation and above

5.59

0.70, 44.67

0.10

1.34

0.14,12.12

0.79

Adherence at baseline

Adherent

2.79

1.48, 5.23

0.001

2.38

1.18, 4.81

0.01

Fasting blood glucose control (controlled level = < 7.0 mmol/L)

crude OR

95% CI

p

adjusted OR

95% CI

p

Group

Intervention

2.97

1.78, 4.93

0.00

3.1

1.81, 5.3

0.00

Sex

Male

0.97

1.23, 1.73

0.94

1.0

0.53, 5.3

0.98

Cost total medicine

> 3000 taka

0.41

0.25, 0.69

0.001

0.46

0.27, 0.79

0.005

Fasting blood glucose control at baseline

 

2.68

1.59, 4.50

0.00

2.97

1.71, 5.16

0.00