Table 4 Adjusted associations between gender, demographic variables, psychosocial variables, pain and changes in HRQOL (delta RAND PCS or MCS) examined by linear regression analyses, N = 309
Delta RAND-36 PCS | Delta RAND-36 MCS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | (CI) | p-value | B | (CI) | p-value | |
Gender (Ref = father) | -0.17 | -2.03, 1.70 | 0.861 | -1.28 | -3.68, 1.17 | 0.297 |
Age | -0.08 | -0.26, 0.10 | 0.379 | 0.24 | 0.01, 0.47 | 0.038* |
Region (ref = Oslo/Viken) | -0.19 | -1.81, 1.42 | 0.818 | 0.65 | -1.42, 2.74 | 0.537 |
Living conditions | ||||||
Married/cohabitating | ref | ref | ||||
Single/divorced, widow/widower | 1.52 | -0.81, 3.86 | 0.201 | -0.67 | -3.69, 2.34 | 0.660 |
Education | ||||||
Less than 13 years of education | -0.95 | -3.14, 1.24 | 0.395 | 0.06 | -2.76, 2.88 | 0.967 |
University less than 4 years | -0.15 | -1.87, 1.58 | 0.869 | -0.49 | -2.73, 1.70 | 0.666 |
University 4 years or more | Ref | Ref | ||||
Employment status (ref = Not paid work) | ||||||
Full-time | 1.53 | -1.82, 4.52 | 0.401 | 3.64 | -0.21, 7.48 | 0.064 |
Part-time | 0.70 | -2.68, 4.07 | 0.686 | 5.22 | 1.05, 9.38 | 0.014* |
Absence from work (ref = 0 days) | ||||||
1–4 days | -0.83 | -2.58, 0.92 | 0.352 | -0.91 | -3.17, 1.34 | 0.426 |
5–7 days | -2.22 | -6.42, 2.01 | 0.303 | -3.85 | -9.33, 1.64 | 0.169 |
8–10 days | 1.37 | -5.71, 8.44 | 0.704 | -8.14 | -17.27, 1.00 | 0.081 |
Household income (NOK) | ||||||
Less than 250,000 | ref | ref | ||||
250,000–450,000 | 2.43 | -10.11, 14.97 | 0.703 | 4.28 | -12.03, 20.88 | 0.606 |
451,000–750,000 | 4.36 | -8.26, 16.98 | 0.497 | 1.46 | -14.91, 17.84 | 0.861 |
751,000–1,000,000 | 4.54 | -8.23, 17.32 | 0.484 | 3.33 | -13.26, 19.92 | 0.693 |
More than 1,000,000 | 5.29 | -7.62, 18.19 | 0.421 | 2.49 | -14.27, 19.26 | 0.770 |
Self-efficacy a | -0.45 | -2.36, 14.7 | 0.646 | 1.18 | -1.31, 3.67 | 0.351 |
Self-esteem b | 0.18 | -0.27, 0.64 | 0.430 | 0.10 | -0.49, 0.69 | 0.738 |
Pain (ref = none) | ||||||
Less than 3 months | -0.36 | -2.50, 1.78 | 0.740 | 1.62 | -1.12, 4.36 | 0.246 |
More than 3 months | -1.23 | -2.99, 0.52 | 0.168 | -0.86 | -2.99, 1.28 | 0.430 |
Loneliness c | 0.11 | -0.16, 0.32 | 0.334 | -0.08 | -0.36, 0.20 | 0.594 |
Stress d | -4.28 | -10.81, 2.24 | 0.197 | -17.39 | -27.42, -7.35 | < 0.001* |
RAND-36 PCS at baseline e | -0.367 | -4.48, -0.26 | < 0.001 | |||
RAND-36 MCS at baseline e | -0.76 | -0.794, 0.58 | < 0.001* | |||
R2 adj | 12.7% | 19.2% | ||||