Demographic and health-related factors associated with reduced work functioning in people with moderate medically unexplained physical symptoms: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Univariable associations between reduced work functioning and patient characteristics

	Absenteeism (n = 104)			Impaired work performance (n = 102)
	B	*SE B*	p	B	*SE B*	p
Age	0.001	0.002	.503	< 0.001	0.001	.894
Sex, female	−0.012	0.058	.834	−0.007	0.020	.740
High education level	0.024	0.051	.635	0.001	0.018	.964
≥2.5 years of complaints	−0.047	0.052	.368	−0.012	0.018	.514
Physical health (RAND-36; PCS)	−0.002	0.005	.638	−0.001	0.002	.618
Average hours per day of moderate or vigorous physical activity	−0.009	0.051	.855	−0.020	0.018	.256
Severity of psychosocial symptoms (4DSQ)
Distress	0.005	0.005	.315	0.003	0.002	.080
Depression	0.022	0.013	.099	−0.005	0.005	.271
Anxiety	−0.012	0.009	.171	−0.001	0.003	.849
Somatization	0.008	0.004	.054	0.005	0.002	< .001

B, unstandardized regression coefficient, SE Standard Error of the estimate, RAND-36 RAND 36-item Health Survey, PCS Physical Component Summary score, 4DSQ Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire

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