Chronic conditions, multimorbidity, and quality of life among patients attending monk healers and primary care clinics in Thailand

Table 5 Multivariable linear regression model for factors associated with overall QoL in multimorbidity population in the monk healer setting, primary care setting and overall

Variable	Monk healer	Primary care	All
Variable	Adjusted Coef (95% CI)	Adjusted Coef (95% CI)	Adjusted Coef (95% CI)
Health care setting	–	–
Monk healer			Reference
Health centre			6.18 (2.93 to 9.42)***
Age in years	0.17 (− 0.03 to 0.37)	0.03 (− 0.13 to 0.19)	0.14 (0.02 to 0.27)*
Sex
Female	Reference	Reference	Reference
Male	− 7.63 (− 13.24 to − 2.02)**	2.38 (− 1.73 to 6.50)	− 2.15 (− 5.59 to 1.28)
Formal education
Primary or less	Reference	Reference	Reference
Secondary	1.31 (3.90 to 7.70)**	1.63 (− 3.90 to 7.15)	1.32 (− 2.93 to 5.55)
Post-secondary	8.25 (1.43 to 14.29)**	10.77 (3.99 to 17.65)**	8.77 (4.51 to 13.05)***
Marital status
Single/divorced/widowed	Reference	Reference	Reference
Married/cohabiting	5.52 (0.85 to 10.19)*	− 1.99 (− 6.41 to 2.44)	2.47 (− 7.77 to 5.71)
Employment status
No	Reference	Reference	Reference
Yes	2.50 (− 2.30 to 7.30)	5.25 (1.43 9.07)**	3.80 (0.69 to 6.90)*
In debt
No/little	Reference	Reference	Reference
High	1.73 (− 3.14 to 6.60)	− 3.73 (− 7.52 0.05)	− 0.88 (− 3.98 to 2.23)

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