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Table 2 The relationships among OAB severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and QOL

From: Overactive bladder symptom severity, bother, help-seeking behavior, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes: a path analysis

 

Model 1 without bother and previous help-seeking behavior

Model 2 with bother and previous help-seeking behavior

Coefficient

SE

P value

Coefficient

SE

P value

OAB severity

−15.139

3.556

<0.001

−5.887

5.578

0.291

Bother

−5.685

1.050

<0.001

Previous help-seeking behavior

−3.762

1.605

0.019

Age

−0.117

0.185

0.528

−0.117

0.203

0.565

Sex (female vs. male)

1.299

3.320

0.696

1.295

3.778

0.732

Years of education

−0.176

0.398

0.659

−0.176

0.458

0.701

Marriage (married vs. unmarried)

2.821

4.438

0.525

2.737

4.726

0.562

Living area (urban vs. rural)

3.208

4.748

0.499

3.318

5.280

0.530

Income (>3000 vs. ≤3000)

5.270

3.571

0.140

5.281

4.243

0.213

Body mass index (BMI)

−0.375

0.403

0.352

−0.376

0.414

0.364

Urinary tract infection (UTI)a

−13.020

5.576

0.020

−13.034

5.868

0.026

Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)b

−3.621

1.539

0.019

−3.621

1.722

0.035

Duration of diabetes

−0.511

0.240

0.033

−0.511

0.237

0.031

Receiving diabetes treatment

14.463

5.779

0.012

14.507

7.163

0.043

  1. OAB overactive bladder, QOL quality of life, SE standard error, RMB Chinese Yuan
  2. aPatients who had a urinary tract infection at least 1 month before the survey
  3. bDiabetes was not included in the calculation of Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)