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. 2015 Aug 28;13:135. doi: 10.1186/s12955-015-0328-z

Table 2.

A hierarchical linear model with time, demographic factors, self-efficacy, fatigue and pain as predictors of Medical Outcomes Study 12-item Short Form Health Survey Physical Functioning Component Summary

Predictor variable b-weight SE df t p-value 95 % Confidence Interval
Lower Upper
Time 0.73 0.10 986.93 7.61 ***0.000 0.54 0.91
Sex 0.16 0.92 213.76 0.17 0.862 −1.65 1.97
Age −0.11 0.04 215.35 −3.16 **0.002 −0.18 −0.04
Employment 2.23 0.98 213.24 2.29 *0.023 0.31 4.16
Living alone 0.03 0.95 214.09 −0.26 0.979 −1.85 1.90
Living in town (>30’) 0.66 0.95 213.31 0.69 0.489 −1.21 2.52
Education 0.10 0.96 212.89 0.10 0.917 −1.79 1.99
Personal assistance (>2 h/week) −2.26 1.16 215.12 −1.95 0.052 −4.54 0.02
Disability 2.17 0.92 214.16 2.35 *0.019 0.35 3.98
Exercise-efficacy 0.40 0.25 214.22 1.63 0.105 −0.01 0.89
Social-efficacy 0.30 0.22 213.31 1.34 0.180 −0.14 0.74
Chronic disease-efficacy 0.90 0.33 215.64 2.74 **0.007 0.25 1.56
Fatigue 0.00 0.02 213.22 −0.01 0.990 −0.03 0.03
Pain −0.09 0.02 214.15 −4.35 ***0.000 −0.13 −0.05

Note. *= p < .05; **= p < .01; ***= p < .001