Research Article

Demographical, Clinical, and Psychological Characteristics of Users and Nonusers of an Online Platform for T2DM Patients (e-VitaDM-3/ZODIAC-44)

Table 3

Results of multivariate analysis, adjusted for age and gender.

-coefficient95% CI value
Lower boundUpper bound

T2DM duration in years
 Intercept 0.018−2.3252.3600.988
 Platform use0.186
 Active users−0.845−1.8760.1860.108
 Curious users−0.511−1.3000.2770.203
 NonusersRef. Cat.
 Male−0.121−0.8320.5890.738
 Female Ref. Cat.
 Age 0.1010.0640.138<0.0005
HbA1c in mmol/mol
 Intercept53.43148.93157.931<0.0005
 Platform use<0.0005
 Active users−3.624−5.627−1.621<0.0005
 Curious users−1.989−3.516−0.4620.011
 NonusersRef. Cat.
 Male 1.103−0.2702.4770.115
 FemaleRef. Cat.
 Age−0.055−0.1270.0160.126
BMI
 Intercept37.43034.65840.202<0.0005
 Platform use0.924
 Active users0.079−1.1591.3170.900
 Curious users0.189−0.7471.1240.692
 NonusersRef. Cat.
 Male −1.087−1.931−0.2440.012
 FemaleRef. Cat.
 Age−0.113−0.156−0.069<0.0005
EQ-5D
 Intercept0.8660.7730.958<0.0005
 Platform use0.022
 Active users0.008−0.0310.0470.674
 Curious users0.0440.0130.0760.006
 NonusersRef. Cat.
 Male 0.0560.0270.085<0.0005
 FemaleRef. Cat.
 Age−0.001−0.0020.0010.343
EQ-VAS
 Intercept71.00761.66380.350<0.0005
 Platform use0.019
 Active users2.291−1.6916.2750.259
 Curious users4.6111.3847.8380.005
 NonusersRef. Cat.
 Male 2.9770.0955.8590.043
 FemaleRef. Cat.
 Age0.030−0.1180.1780.690
WHO-5
 Intercept58.13848.91167.365<0.0005
 Platform use0.065
 Active users−0.089−4.0083.8290.964
 Curious users3.6090.4466.7730.025
 NonusersRef. Cat.
 Male 5.7662.9328.600<0.0005
 FemaleRef. Cat.
 Age0.142−0.0040.2890.057
PAID-5
 Intercept5.1293.5206.737<0.0005
 Platform use0.004
 Active users−0.511−1.1950.1730.143
 Curious users−0.929−1.480−0.3780.001
 NonusersRef. Cat.
 Male −0.143−0.6390.3530.571
 FemaleRef. Cat.
 Age−0.037−0.062−0.0110.005
SDSCA-medication
 Intercept6.0875.5756.600<0.0005
 Platform use0.028
 Active users0.081−0.1320.2960.458
 Curious users0.2360.0630.4080.008
 NonusersRef. Cat.
 Male 0.096−0.0580.2500.222
 FemaleRef. Cat.
 Age0.0100.0020.0180.020