Table 1.
Patient sociodemographics and clinical characteristics according to BDS status
| Total (n = 1505) | No BDS (n = 1241) | BDS (n = 264) | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodily distress symptoms, median, IQR | 3 | 1;7 | 2 | 0;5 | 11 | 7;14 | <0.001 |
| Age; mean, SD | 45.6 | 12.9 | 45.1 | 13.2 | 47.7 | 11.1 | 0.001 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 535 | 35.5 | 459 | 37.0 | 76 | 28.8 | |
| Female | 970 | 64.5 | 782 | 63.0 | 188 | 71.2 | 0.012 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married/cohabitating | 1171 | 77.8 | 969 | 78.1 | 202 | 76.5 | |
| Living alone | 334 | 22.2 | 272 | 21.9 | 62 | 23.5 | 0.578 |
| Education | |||||||
| ≤ 10 y | 377 | 25.3 | 276 | 22.5 | 101 | 38.9 | |
| > 10y & ≤15 y | 784 | 52.7 | 664 | 54.0 | 120 | 46.2 | |
| > 15y | 328 | 22.0 | 286 | 23.5 | 39 | 15.0 | <0.001 |
| Chronic illness | |||||||
| None | 881 | 58.5 | 784 | 63.2 | 97 | 36.7 | |
| Somatic only | 463 | 30.8 | 350 | 28.2 | 113 | 42.8 | |
| Somatic and psychiatric | 55 | 3.7 | 35 | 2.8 | 20 | 7.6 | |
| Psychiatric only | 106 | 7.0 | 72 | 5.8 | 34 | 12.9 | <0.001 |
BDS bodily distress syndrome, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation
Missings: Education n = 16