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. 2024 Mar 8;15:1279639. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1279639

Table 3.

Results using multiple imputation: predictors of change in contamination-related obsessive-compulsive washing symptoms (outcome: change in OCI-R washing scale from t1 to t3), n = 1,220.

B [CI95%] β p
Step 1 Model A1
Constant 1.034 [0.434, 1.633] 0.001
Age - 0.008 [−0.018, 0.001] −0.049 0.096
Gendera −0.218 [−0.487, 0.051] −0.046 0.112
A-levels 0.088 [−0.182, 0.358] 0.019 0.525
Step 2 Model A2
Constant −0.581 [−1.101, −0.060] 0.029
Age −0.001[−0.009, 0.007] −0.005 0.839
Gendera −0.185 [−0.410, 0.041] −0.039 0.108
A-levelsb 0.102 [−0.124, 0.328] 0.022 0.378
OCI-R washing subscale (t1) 0.502 [0.459, 0.546] 0.547 < 0.001
χ2(1) = 433.57, p < 0.001
Step 3 Model A3
Constant −0.704 [−1.276, −0.211] 0.009
Age −0.001 [−0.009, 0.007] −0.006 0.829
Gendera −0.173 [−0.398, 0.052] −0.037 0.132
A-levelsb 0.112 [−0.114, 0.338] 0.024 0.332
OCI − R washing subscale (t1) 0.506 [0.462, 0.549] 0.551 < 0.001
Change in duration of handwashing (t1-t2) 0.142[0.030, 0.254] 0.067 0.013
χ2(1) = 6.13, p = 0.013
Step 4 Model A4
Constant −0.743 [−1.276, −0.211] 0.006
Age −0.001 [−0.009, 0.007] −0.005 0.829
Gendera −0.171 [−0.396, 0.054] −0.037 0.136
A-levelsb 0.108 [−0.118, 0.334] 0.023 0.348
OCI-R washing subscale (t1) 0.507 [0.463, 0.550] 0.552 < 0.001
Change in duration of handwashing (t1-t2) 0.132 [0.019, 0.246] 0.063 0.022
Change in frequency of handwashing (t1-t2) 0.054 [−0.035, 0.142] 0.033 0.234
χ2(1) = 1.43, p = 0.232
Step 5 Model A5
Constant −0.764 [−1.295, −0.233] 0.005
Age −0.001 [−0.009, 0.008] −0.004 0.878
Gendera −0.182 [−0.406, 0.043] −0.039 0.113
A-levelsb 0.128 [−0.097, 0.354] 0.027 0.265
OCI-R washing subscale (t1) 0.504 [0.461, 0.548] 0.549 < 0.001
Change in duration of handwashing (t1–t2) 0.127 [0.014, 0.239] 0.060 0.028
Change in frequency of handwashing (t1–t2) 0.044 [−0.044, 0.132] 0.028 0.322
Change in negative reinforcement after handwashing (t1) 0.180 [0.053, 0.306] 0.074 0.005
χ2(1) = 7.82, p = 0.005

R2 = 0.006, F = 2.481 (p = 0.059) for step 1; ∆R2 = 0.297, F = 132.275 (p < 0.001) for step 2; ∆R2 = 0.005, F = 107.051 (p < 0.001) for step 3; ∆R2 = 0.001, F = 89.483 (p < 0.001) for step 4; ∆R2 = 0.006, F = 77.769 (p < 0.001) for step 5. b, unstandardized regression coefficient; β, standardized regression coefficient; χ2, Chi-Square test statistic for model comparison to the previous step via LRT; OCI-R, Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised; a1 = male, 2 = female, b0 = no A-level, 1 = A-level and above.