The Influence of Health Literacy and Depression on Diabetes Self-Management: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Predictors of low health literacy in T2DM patients ().

Variables	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	Std error (SE)
(i) Highest educational attainment (reference: secondary schooling)
(a) Up to primary schooling	3.12 (1.17 to 8.30)	0.50	0.023
(b) More than secondary schooling	0.35 (0.16 to 0.74)	0.39	0.006
(ii) Country of birth: overseas-born	2.17 (1.21 to 3.91)	0.30	0.010
(iii) Poor glucose control (: >7%)	0.41 (0.19 to 0.90)	0.40	0.026
(iv) Psychological status, depressed (PHQ-2: ≥2)	2.01 (1.12 to 3.59)	0.30	0.019

CI denotes confidence interval.
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