Table 3 Participation in volunteer work, club activities and social contact predicted by perceptions of the health condition and control variables; odd ratios (OR) and 95%-confidence intervals (CI)

Sex (female)

0.88

0.69–1.12

0.86

0.66–1.12

1.71

1.34–2.17

1.61

1.24–2.09

1.27

1.02–1.59

1.26

0.99–1.60

Age

0.98

0.97–0.99

0.98

0.97–0.99

0.99

0.98–1.00

0.99

0.98–1.00

1.00

0.99–1.00

1.00

0.99–1.01

 Medium

1.19

0.91–1.55

1.19

0.89–1.58

1.24

0.97–1.59

1.25

0.96–1.63

0.81

0.64–1.01

0.82

0.64–1.05

 High

2.03

1.49–2.77

1.96

1.40–2.73

1.75

1.29–2.38

1.87

1.35–2.59

0.80

0.60–1.08

0.85

0.62–1.16

Living situation: married / cohabiting

0.99

0.77–1.27

1.07

0.82–1.39

1.01

0.80–1.27

1.04

0.81–1.34

0.68

0.55–0.84

0.70

0.55–0.88

 Moderate

0.77

0.58–1.01

0.87

0.64–1.19

0.62

0.47–0.81

0.80

0.59–1.08

0.77

0.60–1.00

0.90

0.67–1.19

 Severe

0.49

0.34–0.70

0.65

0.43–0.98

0.57

0.41–0.78

0.83

0.57–1.22

0.66

0.49–0.90

0.74

0.51–1.07

Identity

0.98

0.93–1.03

0.98

0.94–1.04

0.99

0.95–1.04

Timeline chronic

1.34

1.05–1.71

1.03

0.83–1.28

1.08

0.88–1.33

Timeline cyclical

0.91

0.78–1.05

1.02

0.88–1.18

1.07

0.93–1.22

Consequences

0.90

0.73–1.12

0.85

0.69–1.04

0.89

0.74–1.08

Personal control

1.36

1.12–1.64

1.35

1.13–1.62

1.05

0.89–1.23

Treatment control

1.04

0.85–1.29

1.09

0.89–1.33

1.13

0.94–1.37

Coherence

0.93

0.77–1.12

1.04

0.87–1.24

1.19

1.01–1.41

Emotional representations

0.88

0.74–1.05

0.97

0.82–1.15

0.94

0.81–1.10