Table 4 Multiple regression analysis exploring the effect of age, gender, ethnicity, diagnosis and attitudes to health scales on use of self-management and self-test kits

Age

1.0

0.98, 1.02

0.7

0.99

0.96, 1.01

0.3

Females¹

0.74

0.37, 1.48

0.4

0.88

0.42, 1.83

0.7

Ethnic non-whites²

1.58

0.80, 3.12

0.2

1.33

0.65, 2.75

0.6

Post -revascularisation³

1.95

1.18, 3.23

0.009

2.04

1.19, 3.49

0.01

Attitude towards alternative medicine

1.13

0.87, 1.47

0.4

1.07

0.82, 1.40

0.6

Dissatisfaction with medical outcomes

1.05

0.76, 1.44

0.8

1.02

0.73, 1.42

0.9

Dissatisfaction with the medical encounter

1.25

0.92, 1.69

0.2

1.18

0.86, 1.63

0.3

Natural remedies

0.92

0.70, 1.20

0.5

0.82

0.61, 1.09

0.2

Holism

1.41

1.08, 1.84

0.01

1.44

1.09, 1.91

0.01

Rejection of authority

1.30

1.0, 1.69

0.05

1.21

0.92, 1.58

0.2

Individual responsibility

0.69

0.53, 0.90

0.006

0.69

0.53, 0.91

0.009

Consumerism

1.0

0.78, 1.29

1.0

0.43

0.71, 1.19

0.5