The Diabetes Care Profile scale was positively associated
with health status over time; however, this relationship was
only marginally significant after controlling for sociodemographic and health-related characteristics (OR = 1.03,
p = .06). Therefore, participants who reported higher levels
of direct social support as indicated by the Diabetes Care
Profile tended to have lower odds of health decline, but the
results were not significant at p < .05. The OR of the scale
was stable across models (1.02–1.03), but only reached
marginal significance when behavior characteristics were
considered and in the full model. The results of these tests
are shown in Table 2