Psychosocial well-being in young adults with chronic illness since childhood: the role of illness cognitions

Table 3 Standardized regression coefficients β ¹ for the relation of Illness cognitions ( ICQ ) with HRQoL ( RAND-36 ) ² , anxiety and depression ( HADS )

	MCS	PCS	Anxiety	Depression
	β	β	β	β
Demographic characteristics
Age	−0.02	−0.03	0.01	−0.04
Female gender ^a	−0.05	−0.07	0.08	−0.05
Disease characteristics
Congenital disorder ^a	−0.06	0.07	0.03	0.05
Stable or positive course of the disease ^a	0.14*	0.21**	−0.02	−0.04
Medication ^a	0.03	−0.12**	−0.03	−0.01
Medical devices ^a	0.10	−0.13**	−0.06	−0.15*
Tiredness ^a	−0.17**	−0.14**	0.12	0.00
Hands and/or fingers ^b	0.13**	−0.10*	−0.10	−0.07
Vision ^b	−0.03	0.09*	0.01	−0.01
Audition ^b	0.01	0.00	−0.01	0.00
Sitting ^b	−0.01	−0.06	0.01	−0.02
Standing ^b	0.04	−0.36**	0.05	0.08
Disability is perceptible ^a	0.01	−0.06	−0.05	0.04
Illness cognitions
Acceptance	0.31**	0.16**	−0.27**	−0.29**
Helplessness	−0.32**	−0.15**	0.28**	0.31**
Benefits	0.00	−0.05	−0.06	−0.14*
F	19.46	36.80	10.56	14.51
df	16,36	16,36	16,36	16,36
R ²	0.46**	0.62**	0.32**	0.39**

¹Regression coefficients were based on linear regression analyses corrected for disease characteristics, age and gender.
²Mental Component Scale (MCS) and Physical Component Scale (PCS).
^acoding: yes = 1, no = 0.
^bcoding: ‘problems with (the use of) …’ yes = 1, no = 0.
*p <0.01; **p <0.001.

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