Somatic symptom disorders and utilization of health services among Palestinian primary health care attendees: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of predictors of high somatic symptom disorder among PHC clients

*Variables*	S.E	P Value	Adjusted OR	95%CI
Age
18–39 years†
40–49 years	0.387	0.164	1.7	0.80–3.7
50–59 years	0.379	0.213	1.6	0.76–3.4
≥ 60 years	0.439	0.311	0.6	0.27–1.5
Gender
Male†	0.331	0.043	2.1	1.2–3.7
Female
Marital Status
Married†	0.314	0.071	1.8	0.9–3.2
Unmarried
Educational Level
School†	0.331	0.823	1.1	0.56–2.1
University
Salary
< 300JD
300-600JD	0.36	0.55	0.81	0.40–1.6
> 600JD†	0.43	0.52	0.76	0.33–2.1
Chronic Disease
No†	0.33	0.010	2.4	1.3–4.5
Yes
Doctor visits
≤ Once a month†	0.28	0.003	2.4	1.4–4.1
> Once a month
Depression
Low†	0.262	< 0.001	3.3	2.0–5.5
High
Anxiety
Low†	0.323	0.031	2.1	1.2–3.6
High

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