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Table 3 MUPS and HCU over time, adjusted for depression, anxiety and personality: GEE standard analyses

From: The association between medically unexplained physical symptoms and health care use over two years and the influence of depressive and anxiety disorders and personality traits: a longitudinal study

 

MUPS and number of medical services (RR; 95 % CI)

Percentage decrease in regression coefficient

MUPS and number of contacts (RR; 95 % CI)

Percentage decrease in regression coefficient

Adjusted RR a

1.021 (1.019–1.024)*

 

1.041 (1.034–1.048)*

 

Depressive disorders

1.015 (1.013–1.018)*

29

1.031 (1.024–1.039)*

24

Anxiety disorders

1.018 (1.015–1.020)*

14

1.034 (1.026–1.042)*

17

Neuroticism

1.013 (1.011–1.016)*

38

1.027 (1.018–1.036)*

34

Extraversion

1.018 (1.016–1.021)*

14

1.036 (1.028–1.044)*

12

Openness

1.021 (1.019–1.024)*

0

1.041 (1.034–1.048)*

0

Agreeableness

1.021 (1.019–1.024)*

0

1.039 (1.031–1.047)*

5

Conscientiousness

1.020 (1.017–1.022)*

0

1.037 (1.030–1.045)*

10

Neuroticism & Depressive disorders

1.011 (1.008–1.014)*

48

1.023 (1.015–1.032)*

44

  1. * All RRs were significant with p-values below 0.001. a All analyses were based on measurements at T0 and T2, as depression, anxiety and personality were not measured at T1. Therefore, a new rate ratio was calculated, adjusted for sociodemographic variables and chronic diseases