Psychosocial family factors and glycemic control among children aged 1-15 years with type 1 diabetes: a population-based survey

Table 2 Bivariate and multiple linear regression analysis for mother- and father-related variables associated with HbA_1c among children (n = 115) with type 1 diabetes

	HbA_1c
	Bivariate regression		Multiple regression*
	Coefficient	P	Coefficient	P
Mother-related variables
Life Orientation Test	0.01	0.756	-0.02	0.388
Education - university or university college vs. not	-0.47	0.016^†	-0.58	0.008†
Employment status
Working part time vs. full time	-0.23	0.329	-0.36	0.116
Unemployed vs. working full time	-0.16	0.588	-0.52	0.079
Oslo 3-item Social Support Scale ^§	-	-	-	-
Experience of social limitation
Somewhat vs. none or slight	-0.08	0.733	-0.04	0.853
Strong vs. none or slight	-0.43	0.116	-0.62	0.022^†
Marital status - single mother vs. not	0.25	0.414	0.32	0.268
Relation Satisfaction Scale	-0.01	0.540	-	-
Father-related variables
Life Orientation Test	0.00	0.984	0.00	0.849
Education - university or university college vs. not	-0.16	0.484	-0.07	0.763
Employment status
Working part time vs. full time	-0.12	0.912	-0.38	0.723
Unemployed vs. working full time	0.30	0.463	0.41	0.337
Oslo 3-item Social Support Scale	0.00	0.995	0.01	0.884
Experience of social limitation
Somewhat vs. none or slight	-0.47	0.054	-0.50	0.063
Strong vs. none or slight	-0.37	0.213	-0.33	0.314
Marital status - single father vs. not	0.48	0.169	0.64	0.111
Relation Satisfaction Scale	-0.01	0.626	-	-

*One multivariate analysis for mother-related variables (R ² = 0.17) and one for father-related variables (R ² = 0.07).
^† P < 0.05.
^§ The Oslo 3-item Social Support Scale was excluded in analyses among the mothers because of low Cronbach's alpha (0.55).