Self-reported receipt of healthcare professional’s weight management counselling is associated with self-reported weight management behaviours of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

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Table 3 Multivariate associations between demographic factors, receipt of weight management counselling and engaging in some weight management behaviours among Ghanaian adults aged 20 years and older with type 2 diabetes (n = 378)

Variable	B	AOR (95 % Cl)	p value	Nagelkerke R square
Tried to lose weight				0.58
Low educational status	0.86	2.4 (1.26–4.42)	0.007
Received weight management counselling	3.76	43.0 (23.00–81.61)	<0.001
Modified diet to lose weight				0.52
Female	0.84	2.2 (1.23–3.83)	0.004
Received weight management counselling	3.11	22.5 (13.00–39.19)	<0.001
Elevated blood pressure	0.98	2.7 (1.46–4.81)	0.001
Participated in exercise to lose weight				0.41
Low educational status	0.67	1.9 (1.17–3.22)	0.010
Received weight management counselling	2.57	13.0 (7.82–21.65)	<0.001
Overweight/obese	0.88	2.4 (1.45–3.98)	0.001
Has a weight management plan				0.11
Low educational status	0.50	1.6 (0.97–2.78)	0.043
Overweight/obese	1.46	4.3 (2.29–8.04)	<0.001

Factors entered into the logistic regression blocks were receipt of weight management counselling; gender, age, educational level, marital status, duration of diabetes after diagnosis. Forward Selection (conditional) stepwise method was employed for all regression analysis
AOR adjusted odds ratio