Table 3.

Ordinal regression modeling of variables reflecting the utilization of healthcare services and alternative medicine

Variable	Variable category	Visits to family physicians	Visits to specialists	Diagnostic procedures	Hospital admission		Emergency services	Alternative medicine
		OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)		OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)
Age		1.00 (0.99-1.01)	0.99 (0.985-0.998)	1.02 (1.01-1.02)	0.98 (0.98-0.99)		0.98 (0.97-0.99)	0.99 (0.98-1.00)
CSS score		1.01 (1.001-1.012)	1.01 (1.00-1.01)	1.00 (1.00-1.017)	1.01 (1.01-1.02)		1.02 (1.01-1.02)	1.02 (1.01-1.03)
SHAI_IL (illness likelihood)		1.07 (1.05-1.09)	1.05 (1.03-1.08)	1.08 (1.06-1.10)	1.04 (1.021-1.06)		1.04 (1.01-1.06)	1.02 (0.99-1.04)
SHAI-NC (negative consequences)		0.89 (0.85-0.94)	0.94 (0.90-0.98)	0.92 (0.88-0.97)	0.98 (0.93-1.03)		0.97 (0.92-1.02)	1.03 (0.97-1.10)
Gender	male#
	female	1.11 (0.92-1.33)	1.44 (1.20-1.73)	1.27 (1.06-1.52)	1.12 (0.89-1.41)		0.84 (0.67-1.04)	1.01 (0.76-1.32)
Presence of chronic disease(s)	yes#
	no	0.35 (0.28-0.44)	0.30 (0.24-0.37)	0.31 (0.25-0.38)	0.53 (0.41-0.69)		0.64 (0.50-0.82)	0.68 (0.49-0.93)
Unexplained symptoms	yes#
	no	0.72 (0.56-0,92)	0.80 (0.63-1.02)	0.74 (0.59-0.94)	0.99 (0.75-1.30)		0.73 (0.56-0.95)	0.92 (0.66-1.28)
Disabilities	yes#
	no	0.85 (0.62-1.18)	0.58 (0.42-0.80)	1.04 (0.77-1.40)	0.43 (0.31-0.60)		0.50 (0.36-0.70)	0.77 (0.51-1.17)
Model fitting	chi2	278.40	331.93	376.93	149.29	162.23		74.10
	p-value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001		<0.001
Goodness of fit test	Pearson chi2	4942.74	4853.83,	4915.53	3103.98	3119.39		3237.05
	pvalue	0.122	0.394	0.186	0.920	0.887		0.389
Model summary	Nagelkerke R2	0.17	0.20	0.22	0.11	0.12		0.07
Parallel lines test	chi2	19.84	22.33	26.83	15.25	17.56		10.86
	p-value	0.228	0.133	0.043	0.054	0.025		0.210

# - reference category, OR– odds ratio, 95%CI– 95% confidence interval