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Table 3 Associations of socio-demographic and health status characteristics with the disagreement between patient and general public values, adjusted for all other socio-demographic and health status characteristics

From: Do socio-demographic characteristics and/or health status explain the magnitude of differences between patient and general public utility values? A chronic low back pain patients case study

 

Variables

B

B (%)a

Robust

SE

95%CI

Lower limit

Upper limit

Socio-demographic

Age (years)

−0.001*

1%

0.000

−0.001

0.000

Gender (ref: Male)

     

Female

−0.016*

23%

0.007

−0.029

−0.003

Educational level (ref: Low)

     

Intermediate

−0.006

9%

0.011

−0.028

0.016

High

−0.017*

25%

0.008

−0.033

−0.001

Social support (ref: No)

     

Yes

0.022*

32%

0.007

0.008

0.037

Health Status

Back pain intensity (0–10)

0.001

1%

0.001

−0.001

0.004

Leg pain intensity (0–10)

0.003

3%

0.002

−0.001

0.007

Functional status (Oswestry Disability

     

Index) (range: 0–100)

0.001*

1%

0.000

0.001

0.002

Co-morbidities (ref: No)

     

Yes

−0.037*

54%

0.008

−0.053

−0.023

Catastrophizing (ref: No)

     

Yes

−0.012

16%

0.007

−0.026

0.002

Positive treatment expectations (ref: No)

     

Yes

0.015

20%

0.007

−0.002

0.028

Constant

0.021

30%

0.018

−0.014

0.056

  1. a B (%) = B as a percentage of the average disagreement score
  2. * Statistically significant at p < 0.05