Health-related quality of life of ambulant adults with cerebral palsy and its association with falls and mobility decline: a preliminary cross sectional study

Table 3 Univariate and multivariate regression analyses of factors associated with aspects of HRQOL as measured by the SF-36 MCS, SF-36 PCS and PWI

	Mental health status (SF-36 MCS)						Physical health status (SF-36 PCS)						Life satisfaction (PWI)
	Univariate			Multivariate¹			Univariate			Multivariate¹			Univariate			Multivariate¹
	β	95% CI	R²	β	95% CI	R²	β	95% CI	R²	β	95% CI	R²	β	95% CI	R²	β	95% CI	R²
Age	0.5	0.00, 0.01	20	0.2	−0.00, 0.01	3	0.0	−0.03, 0.03	0	−0.0	−0.03, 0.03	0	−0.1	−0.01, 0.01	0	−0.3	−0.01, 0.00	6
Disease severity	−0.7	−0.16, −0.07	42	−0.5	−0.12, −0.03	17	−0.1	−0.71, 0.30	2	−0.1	−0.58, 0.44	0	−0.4	−0.26, −0.04	20	−0.4	−0.25, −0.03	13
Mobility decline	0.5	0.05, 0.19	27	0.3	−0.01, 0.13	6	0.1	−0.51, 0.81	1	0.2	−0.35, 1.01	3	0.2	−0.05, 0.26	6	0.3	−0.04, 0.26	5
Falls	−0.0	−0.09, 0.07	0	−0.1	−0.08, 0.05	1	−0.5	−1.52, −0.38	27	−0.6	−1.61, −0.41	29	−0.4	−0.33, −0.04	17	−0.4	−0.32, −0.06	18

R², unique contribution of each predictor variable to the variance in HRQOL in %.
¹Enter method.
Significant results ( p < 0.05) in bold.

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