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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Feb;66(2):197–203. doi: 10.1002/acr.22098

Table 2.

Relationship between Disease Activity and Illness Beliefs with Future Escalation of Treatment

Variable Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Disease activity 1.40 (1.11 –1.77) 1.43 (1.12 – 1.82)
Illness beliefs
 Consequences 1.29 (1.09 – 1.53) 1.34 (1.13 – 1.60)
 Treatment control 0.93 (0.79 – 1.10) 0.91 (0.77 – 1.08)
 Experience of symptoms 1.21 (1.03 – 1.43) 1.25 (1.05 –1.48)
 Concern 1.16 (0.99 – 1.36) 1.21 (1.02 – 1.44)
 Emotion 1.18 (1.04 –1.34) 1.19 (1.04 – 1.35)