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Table 3 Multivariable associations between reduced work functioning and patient characteristics

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

 

Absenteeism (n = 104)

Impaired work performance (n = 102)

 

B

SE B

p

B

SE B

p

Constant

0.002

0.046

.973

−0.007

0.017

.687

Age

e

e

Sex, female

e

e

High education level

e

e

≥2.5 years of complaints

e

 

e

Physical health (RAND-36; PCS)

e

e

 

Average hours per day of moderate or vigorous physical activity

e

  

e

 

Severity of psychosocial symptoms (4DSQ)

 Distress

e

  

0.002

0.001

.084

 Depression

0.025

0.009

.006

e

  

 Anxiety

e

  

e

  

 Somatization

0.006

0.003

.086

0.005

0.001

< .001

R2 statistic

0.118

.002

0.252

< .001

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