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Table 5 Association between PTSS severity and demographic and psychosocial predictors

From: Posttraumatic stress symptoms in adolescents and young adults with a chronic somatic disease: a mixed-methods study

Predictors

b

SE

Î’

t

p

95% CI for b

Q1

Q3

Age

− 0.126

0.221

− 0.028

− 0.571

0.569

− 0.562

0.310

Gender

       

Malea

0.434

1.156

0.019

0.375

0.708

-1.845

2.712

Type of CD

       

CFb

1.232

1.926

0.030

0.640

0.523

-2.565

5.029

JIAb

1.133

1.300

0.045

0.871

0.385

-1.430

3.697

PHQ-ADS

0.439

0.064

0.378

6.863

< 0.001*

0.313

0.565

VAS

− 0.058

0.025

− 0.123

-2.314

0.022*

− 0.107

− 0.009

SRGS

0.153

0.071

0.112

2.150

0.033*

0.013

0.294

BSSS

− 0.076

0.075

− 0.051

-1.013

0.312

− 0.223

0.072

CODI

       

Avoidance

0.192

0.141

0.079

1.364

0.174

− 0.086

0.470

Acceptance

− 0.045

0.158

− 0.022

− 0.286

0.776

− 0.357

0.267

Cognitive-Palliative

0.334

0.140

0.125

2.377

0.018*

0.057

0.611

Distance

0.009

0.169

0.003

0.053

0.958

− 0.325

0.343

Emotional Reaction

0.807

0.151

0.352

5.343

< 0.001*

0.510

1.105

Wishful Thinking

− 0.279

0.181

− 0.088

-1.542

0.125

− 0.635

0.078

Overall Coping

− 0.484

0.733

− 0.046

− 0.659

0.510

-1.929

0.962

(Constant)

4.450

6.362

 

0.699

0.485

-8.091

16.990

  1. Note. N = 229. Multiple Regression, R² = 0.542; corr. R² = 0.509; F(15, 213) = 16.771; p = < 0.001. CI = Confidence interval; CD = Chronic somatic disease; T1D = Diabetes mellitus type 1; CF = Cystic fibrosis; JIA = Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; PHQ-ADS = Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety-Depression Scale; VAS = visual analogue scale of the EuroQol Five-Dimensional Questionnaire – Youth; SRGS = Stress-Related Growth Scale; BSSS = Berlin Social Support Scales (subscale: social support received); CODI = Coping with a Disease Questionnaire
  2. a Reference category = female. b Reference category = T1D.
  3. * significant (p < .05)