Table 2. Hierarchical regression analyses for variables predicting health-related quality of life, psychological distress, and somatic symptoms.
| Criterion Variables | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | Health-Related QoL | Psychological Distress | Somatic Symptoms | |||||||||
| β | p | R2 | ΔR2 | β | p | R2 | ΔR2 | β | p | R2 | ΔR2 | |
| Step 1 | .25 | .25 | .10 | .10 | .09 | .09 | ||||||
| Gender | .17 | .002 | .15 | .013 | .27 | < .001 | ||||||
| Severity: Mild vs. moderate | .32 | < .001 | .17 | .010 | .08 | .235 | ||||||
| Severity: Mild vs. severe | .43 | < .001 | .32 | < .001 | .17 | .012 | ||||||
| Location: Facial vs. truncal | .12 | .041 | -.01 | .891 | .06 | .317 | ||||||
| Location: Facial vs. both | .07 | .221 | .05 | .417 | .06 | .308 | ||||||
| Medication | .13 | .025 | -.02 | .724 | -.13 | .040 | ||||||
| Step 2 | .52 | .27 | .34 | .24 | .18 | .09 | ||||||
| Gender | .20 | < .001 | .18 | .001 | .29 | < .001 | ||||||
| Severity: Mild vs. moderate | .21 | < .001 | .06 | .263 | .01 | .824 | ||||||
| Severity: Mild vs. severe | .23 | < .001 | .13 | .035 | .05 | .429 | ||||||
| Location: Facial vs. truncal | .17 | < .001 | .04 | .453 | .09 | .122 | ||||||
| Location: Facial vs. both | .05 | .301 | .03 | .582 | .05 | .392 | ||||||
| Medication | .14 | .002 | -.01 | .930 | -.12 | .047 | ||||||
| Perceived stigma | .55 | < .001 | .52 | < .001 | .32 | < .001 | ||||||