Table 4

- Factors contributing to Self-care practices.

Variables	β	R²	F	P-values
Self-care behaviors (total score)
Gender	0.093
Age	2.35
Disease duration in years	0.005
Hospital admission(s)	0.026	0.053	1.891	0.072
Number of family members	0.006
Education	0.131
Employment	0.233
Maintenance
Gender	0.008
Age	0.004
Disease duration in years	0.002
Hospital admission(s)	0.005	0.021	0.736	0.640
Number of family members	0.002
Education	0.117
Employment	0.160
Confidence	1.84	0.153	43.7	0.000
Monitoring
Gender	0.098
Age	0.004
Disease duration in years	0.007
Hospital admission(s)	0.085	0.082	3.027	0.005
Number of family members	0.014
Education	0.27
Employment	0.348
Confidence	1.141	0.260	85.6	0.000
Management
Gender	0.173
Age	0.001
Disease duration in years	0.005
Hospital admission(s)	0.001	0.041	1.437	0.191
Number of family members	0.007
Education	0.038
Employment	0.193
Confidence	2.148	0.219	68.314	0.000