Associations between scores of psychosomatic health symptoms and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents

Table 2 Results of stepwise regression analyses of psychosomatic health symptoms as predictors of HRQoL among Swedish school children

Analyses	B	*SE B*	β	R ²
1st analysis (N=252)				.368
Step 1: Sleep problems	2.000	.403	.299
Step 2: Depression (felt low)	2.108	.392	.301
Step 3: Difficulty concentrating	1.284	.459	.170
2nd analysis: Girls (N=132)				.503
Step 1: Tensions	1.509	.523	.227
Step 2: Depression (felt low)	2.044	.489	.300
Step 3: Sleep problems	1.296	.467	.206
Step 4: Difficulty concentrating	1.469	.579	.198
3rd analysis: Boys (N=119)				.272
Step 1: Sleep problems	3.051	.583	.434
Step 2: Stomach ache	1.487	.666	.185
4th analysis: 11–12 years (N=98)				.492
Step 1: Sleep problems	2.882	.572	.413
Step 2: Lack of appetite	1.883	.570	.268
Step 3: Depression (felt low)	1.651	.578	.232
5th analysis: 15–16 years (N=153)				.319
Step 1: Depression (felt low)	2.252	.526	.330
Step 2: Sleep problems	1.482	.519	.222
Step 3: Difficulty concentrating	1.198	.604	.159

ISSN: 1477-7525