Chronically ill patients’ self-management abilities to maintain overall well-being: what is needed to take the next step in the primary care setting?

Table 3 Predictors of self-management abilities at T2, as assessed by stepwise multilevel regression analyses (random intercepts model, n = 1041)

	Step 1		Step 2		Step 3
	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE
Step 1
Constant	3.98^***	0.02	3.98^***	0.02	3.98^***	0.02
Self-management abilities (T1)	0.54^***	0.02	0.54^***	0.02	0.54^***	0.02
Age	−0.04^**	0.02	−0.03^*	0.02	−0.04^*	0.02
Marital status (single)	−0.04^*	0.02	−0.04^*	0.02	−0.03^*	0.02
Low educational level	−0.06^***	0.02	−0.07^***	0.02	−0.07^***	0.02
Gender (female)	−0.01	0.02	−0.01	0.02	−0.01	0.02
Step 2
Patients’ perceptions of chronic care quality (T2)			0.05^**	0.02	0.01	0.02
High-quality care (based on implemented interventions)			0.04^*	0.02	0.04^*	0.02
Step 3
Productive patient–professional interaction (T2)					0.09^***	0.02

Multilevel analyses included only respondents who filled in questionnaires at both T1 and T2 (n = 1279). Listwise deletion of missing cases resulted in the inclusion of 1041 cases
SE Standard error
^*** p <0.001
^** p <0.01
^* p <0.05 (two-tailed)

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