The hidden cost of chronic fatigue to patients and their families

Table 4 Generalised linear models to identify variables associated with cost variations.

	Health care costs (R² = 0.08)		Service costs (R² = 0.28)		Total Costs (R² = 0.28)
Variable	Coef	p	Coef	p	Coef	p
Age (years)	0.001	0.763	-0.002	0.743	-0.004	0.551
Male (1 = yes, 0 = no)	-0.134	0.363	-0.508	0.015	-0.024	0.907
Dependants (1 = yes, 0 = no)	-0.235	0.083	0.297	0.121	0.078	0.674
Living alone (1 = yes, 0 = no)	-0.101	0.548	-0.542	0.017	0.015	0.945
Duration of fatigue (month)	-0.001	0.246	0.000	0.923	0.001	0.178
Physical attribution of fatigue (1 = yes, 0 = no)	-0.079	0.522	0.047	0.800	-0.078	0.668
Chronic fatigue score	0.008	0.598	0.038	0.111	0.056	0.016
Depression score	0.016	0.476	-0.024	0.453	0.031	0.300
Anxiety score	0.011	0.469	0.021	0.360	0.018	0.418
Functional impairment (WASA)	0.022	0.022	0.062	<0.001	0.060	<0.001

Service Costs are equal to Health care costs plus informal care costs. Total costs include service costs and production costs.

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