Illness Perception and Depressive Symptoms among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study in Clinical Settings in Nepal

Table 5

Multivariable analysis of depressive symptoms (binomial logistic regression, stepwise method).

Variables	Category		value
Constant		−8.223	0.000	0.000
Age in years		0.036	0.016	1.036
Education level	Master’s degree and higher	Reference	0.003
	No formal education	1.959	0.001	7.095
	Less than primary	0.131	0.902	1.140
	Primary	0.651	0.257	1.917
	Secondary	0.052	0.928	1.053
	Higher secondary	0.578	0.366	1.782
	Bachelor’s degree	0.183	0.783	1.201
Mode of treatment	Medicine	Reference
	Insulin	0.900	0.047	2.307
Identity		0.196	0.000	1.216
Consequences		0.093	0.049	1.098
Illness coherence		−0.109	0.007	0.896
Emotional representation		0.214	0.000	1.239

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