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Table 3 Associations between HRQoL at 12-months follow-up and the other outcome variables; BMI, RTWSE, WAS, DWP and work absence, adjusted for the background variables. Unadjusted and adjusted multiple regression analyses

From: Changes to body mass index, work self-efficacy, health-related quality of life, and work participation in people with obesity after vocational rehabilitation: a prospective observational study

 

Unadjusted analysis:

 

Final analysis:

 
 

B a

95% CI

p values

B

95% CI

p values

Age

0.12

−0.02: 0.27

0.100

   

Gender

 Male

0

  

0

  

 Females

−0.38

−3.23: 2.47

0.792

2.07

0.031:4.10

0.047

Sick leave diagnosis

  

0.015

   

 MS b

0

     

 EMD c

4.89

1.45: 8.32

0.006

   

 All other d

3.2

0.09: 6.31

0.044

   

Educational level

  

0.267

   

 Collage/university (< 14 years)

2.26

−0.74: 5.25

0.137

   

 High school (> 13 years)

0

     

 Elementary school (> 10 years)

2.59

−2.04: 7.22

0.268

   

HRQoL (baseline)

0.65

0.44: 0.86

< 0.001

0.73

0.53: 0.94

< 0.001

BMI e

−0.59

−0.10: −0.05

0.031

−0.34

− 0.65:-0.04

0.029

RTWSE e

0.04

0.01: 0.07

0.021

0.02

0.004: 0.04

0.023

WAS e

0.86

0.43: 1.34

< 0.001

0.91

0.55: 1.28

< 0.001

DWP e

0.017

0.01:0.05

0.242

−0.019

−0.04:0.001

0.060

Work absence f

−0.02

−0.03: − 0.01

0.001

−0.01

− 0.02: − 0.002

0.020

  1. Univariate analyses. Variables were included and excluded according to F-tests for changes in R2 marked with bold and further included in the final analyses
  2. Multiple regression analysis: Final analyses are controlled for the effect of background variables and HRQoL baseline
  3. a Unstandardized regression coefficient (B)
  4. b Musculoskeletal diagnosis
  5. c Endocrine, metabolic, and nutritional diagnosis
  6. d All other reported diagnosis
  7. e Value of change from baseline to 12-months
  8. f Work absence, measured as the number of days from baseline to 12-month follow-up
  9. In the final analyses; statistically significant p values (≤ 0.05) marked in bold
  10. R2 Final analysis = 71,8 F = 17,48