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. 2020 Dec 10;11(1):1844440. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1844440

Table 4.

Regression analysis predicting use of health services in the previous year from severe grief reactions after bereavement (women).analysis predicting use of health services in the previous year from severe grief reactions after bereavement (women)

  After bereavement before age 18
After bereavement after age 18
Health care service crude B (SE.) crude OR (95% CI) adj. B (SE) adj. OR (95% CI) d times used
crude B (SE) crude OR (95% CI) adj. B (SE) adj. OR (95% CI) d times used
B adj. B d B adj. B d
General practitioner 0.23 (0.13) 1.26
(0.99, 1.64)
0.24 (0.13) 1.27
(0.99, 1.65)
0.13 0.11 *
(0.05)
0.11 *
(0.05)
0.10 0.30 *** (0.06) 1.35
(1.19, 1.53)
0.17 * (0.07) 1.18
(1.04, 1.35)
0.09 0.13 *** (0.02) 0.09 *** (0.02) 0.08
Emergency room 0.26 * (0.12) 1.29
(1.02, 1.63)
0.26 * (0.12) 1.30
(1.02, 1.64)
0.15 0.06 (0.13) 0.08 (0.13) 0.02 0.32 *** (0.06) 1.38
(1.22, 1.56)
0.24 *** (0.06) 1.27
(1.12, 1.44)
0.13 0.35 *** (0.07) 0.28 *** (0.07) 0.07
Psychologist / psychiatrist 0.58 *** (0.17) 1.79
(1.27, 2.48)
0.52 ** (0.17) 1.68
(1.18, 2.33)
0.29 1.04 ** (0.40) 0.91 * (0.38) 0.19 0.26 * (0.10) 1.30
(1.06, 1.59)
0.35 ** (0.11) 1.42
(1.15, 1.75)
0.19 0.32 (0.21) 0.60 ** (0.20) 0.10
Medical specialist 0.13 (0.10) 1.14
(0.93, 1.39)
0.13 (0.10) 1.14
(0.93, 1.39)
0.07 0.05 (0.11) 0.05 (0.11) 0.02 0.06 (0.05) 1.07
(0.96, 1.18)
0.08 (0.05) 1.09
(0.98, 1.21)
0.05 0.19 *** (0.06) 0.22 *** (0.06) 0.07
Dentist / dental service −0.21 * (0.10) 0.81
(0.66, 0.99)
−0.19 (0.10) 0.83
(0.68, 1.02)
−0.10 0.01 (0.05) 0.02 (0.05) 0.01 −0.01 (0.06) 0.99
(0.89, 1.10)
0.00 (0.06) 1.00
(0.89, 1.12)
0.00 0.10 *** (0.02) 0.07 ** (0.02) 0.05
Pharmacy 0.18 (0.10) 1.19
(0.98, 1.46)
0.17 (0.10) 1.19
(0.98, 1.45)
0.09 0.08 (0.06) 0.07 (0.06) 0.05 0.19 *** (0.05) 1.20
(1.09, 1.33)
0.15 ** (0.05) 1.16
(1.05, 1.29)
0.08 0.11 *** (0.03) 0.11 ** (0.03) 0.07
Physiotherapist 0.21 * (0.10) 1.23
(1.02, 1.48)
0.20* (0.10) 1.22
(1.01, 1.47)
0.11 0.13 (0.16) 0.17 (0.16) 0.05 0.19*** (0.05) 1.21
(1.10, 1.34)
0.19*** (0.05) 1.20
(1.09, 1.33)
0.10 0.03 (0.08) 0.00 (0.08) 0.00
Chiropractor 0.36* (0.15) 1.43
(1.06, 1.89)
0.34* (0.15) 1.40
(1.04, 1.85)
0.19 0.09 (0.29) 0.05 (0.29) 0.01 0.21** (0.08) 1.24
(1.05, 1.45)
0.24** (0.08) 1.27
(1.07, 1.49)
0.13 0.32* (0.15) 0.26 (0.15) 0.05
CAM provider 0.24* (0.12) 1.28
(1.00, 1.62)
0.23 (0.12) 1.25
(0.98, 1.59)
0.12 0.32 (0.22) 0.27 (0.22) 0.06 0.05 (0.07) 1.05
(0.92, 1.20)
0.06 (0.07) 1.06
(0.93, 1.21)
0.03 0.06 (0.11) 0.04 (0.11) 0.01
Internet 0.10 (0.19) 1.10
(0.75, 1.56)
0.05 (0.19) 1.05
(0.71, 1.49)
0.02 −0.07 (0.29) −0.06 (0.29) −0.01 −0.20* (0.10) 0.82
(0.67, 0.99)
−0.04 (0.10) 0.96
(0.78, 1.17)
−0.02 −0.18 (0.15) −0.12 (0.15) −0.02
Hospital admission −0.02 (0.14) 0.98
(0.74, 1.29)
−0.01 (0.14) 0.99
(0.74, 1.30)
−0.01 −0.01 (0.14) −0.14 (0.17) −0.03 0.22** (0.07) 1.25
(1.08, 1.43)
0.12 (0.07) 1.13
(0.98, 1.30)
0.07 0.25** (0.08) 0.23** (0.09) 0.06
Psychiatric outpatient clinic 0.81** (0.25) 2.24
(1.34, 3.56)
0.76** (0.25) 2.14
(1.27, 3.41)
0.42 0.90 (0.66) 0.70 (0.61) 0.07 0.17 (0.17) 1.18
(0.84, 1.64)
0.11 (0.17) 1.12
(0.79, 1.56)
0.06 0.16 (0.17) 1 0.16 (0.33) 0.01
Outpatient clinic other than psychiatric 0.10 (0.09) 1.11
(0.92, 1.33)
0.11 (0.09) 1.11
(0.92, 1.33)
0.06 0.03 (0.10) 0.04 (0.10) 0.02 0.11 * (0.05) 1.12
(1.02, 1.23)
0.08 (0.05) 1.08
(0.98, 1.19)
0.04 0.10 * (0.05) 0.11 * (0.05) 0.05

* p <.05 ** p <.01 *** p <.001. Adj. = adjusted for age, BMI, smoking, education, and living with partner / spouse. CAM = complementary and alternative medicine. d = Cohen's d for the adjusted model. OR = odds ratio. 1 Poisson regression used.