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. 2021 Sep 15;30(9):1334–1343. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8581

Table 4.

Correlates of Perceived Treatment Ineffectiveness for Combined Oral Contraceptive Pills (n = 191)

Variable (reference) Bivariate logistic regression
Multiple logistic regressiona
β SE OR 95% CI p β SE OR 95% CI p
Dysmenorrhea symptom-based phenotypes
 Severe localized pain (mild) 1.29 0.37 3.63 1.74–7.55 0.00 1.24 0.40 3.46 1.58–7.57 0.00
 Severe multiple symptoms (mild) 0.75 0.41 2.11 0.94–4.73 0.07 0.57 0.44 1.77 0.75–4.19 0.20
Demographics
 Age 0.03 0.02 1.03 0.99–1.07 0.16          
 Ethnicity-Hispanic −0.11 0.50 0.89 0.33–2.38 0.82          
 Race Asian (white) 1.13 0.88 3.08 0.55–17.34 0.20          
  Black (white) −0.17 0.53 0.84 0.30–2.39 0.75          
  Other (white) −0.38 0.62 0.69 0.20–2.32 0.54          
Clinical
 No. of chronic pain conditions 0.20 0.09 1.22 1.02–1.47 0.03          
 Comorbid gynecological condition 0.96 0.31 2.61 1.43–4.78 0.00 0.94 0.33 2.56 1.34–4.89 0.00
Psychobehavioral
 Pain Catastrophizing 0.02 0.01 1.02 1.00–1.05 0.05          
 Perceived Stress 0.01 0.03 1.01 0.97–1.06 0.60          
 Anxiety 0.01 0.02 1.01 0.97–1.04 0.73 0.06 0.03 0.94 0.89–1.00 0.03
 Depression 0.03 0.02 1.04 1.00–1.07 0.05 0.06 0.03 1.06 1.00–1.13 0.04
 Sleep disturbance 0.01 0.03 1.01 0.95–1.07 0.86          

Bolded, p < 0.05. For both bivariate and multiple logistic models, respondents who perceived combined oral contraceptive pills as effective were the outcome reference group.

a

The covariates for the multiple logistic regression model were selected by fitting all possible combinations of covariate variables and selecting the model with the lowest Akaike's Information Criteria; Pseudo R2: Nagelkerke R2 = 0.18, McKelvey-Zavoina R2 = 0.17, McFadden R2 = 0.11.