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Table 4 Multiple linear regression analysis to identify factors associated with Physical Health (PCS) among Ebola survivors (N = 358)

From: Health-related quality of life among Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone: the role of socio-demographic, health-related and psycho-social factors

Characteristics

Variable

Unstandardized coefficients

95%CI

p value

  

β

SE

Lower

Upper

 

Sex

Female

Ref

 

–

  
 

Male

− 0.04

0.76

− 1.54

1.45

0.956

Age group

18–49

Ref

    
 

≥ 50 years

− 3.90

1.31

− 6.47

− 1.32

0.003

Educational status

Non-formal

− 2.80

1.202

− 5.160

− 0.43

0.021

 

Primary

− 0.25

1.44

− 3.09

2.59

0.862

 

Secondary

− 0.79

1.232

− 3.21

1.635

0.523

 

Tertiary

Ref

    

Marital status

Single

Ref

    
 

Married/cohabitating

0.48

0.946

− 1.38

2.34

0.614

 

Divorce/separated/

− 1.51

3.407

− 8.21

5.20

0.659

 

widowed

0.47

1.19

− 1.86

2.81

0.691

Region

Northern region

− 5.47

0.90

− 7.25

− 3.69

< 0.001

 

Southern region

− 1.66

1.13

− 3.88

0.57

0.144

 

Eastern region

0.09

1.19

− 2.24

2.43

0.937

 

Western area

Ref

    

Perceived health status

Fair/poor

− 3.68

0.87

− 5.38

− 1.98

< 0.001

 

Very good/good

Ref

    

Number of post Ebola symptoms reported

 

− 1.08

0.33

− 1.74

− 0.431

< 0.001

Time spent at ETC

 

− 0.01

0.03

− 0.06

0.05

0.805

Ocular symptoms

Yes

− 1.077

0.804

− 2.659

0.51

0.181

 

No

Ref

    

Fatigue

Yes

− 1.71

0.74

− 3.17

− 0.25

0.022

 

No

Ref

    

Skin disorder

Yes

− 0.45

1.08

− 2.58

1.68

0.676

 

No

Ref

    

Arthralgia (joint pain)

Yes

1.05

1.22

− 1.36

3.45

0.392

 

No

Ref

    

Auditory symptoms

Yes

− 0.08

1.04

− 2.13

1.96

0.936

 

No

Ref

    

Internalised stigma (negative self-perception)

 

− 0.10

0.61

− 1.29

1.09

0.875

Enacted stigma

 

− 2.61

0.72

− 4.02

− 1.20

< 0.001