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Table 4 Summary of multiple linear regression predicting the quality of life and its subscales

From: Association between work-related musculoskeletal symptoms and quality of life among dental students: a cross-sectional study

 

QoL General Health

QoL Physical Health

QoL Psychological

QoL Social Relationship

QoL Environment

B

β

p-value

B

β

p-value

B

β

p-value

B

β

p-value

B

β

p-value

Constant

90.968

 

0.001

90.376

 

< 0.001

92.805

 

< 0.001

79.829

 

0.001

81.853

 

< 0.001

Age

−1.253

−0.123

0.223

−0.821

−0.108

0.302

− 0.845

− 0.108

0.296

− 0.508

− 0.060

0.572

− 0.902

− 0.142

0.178

Gender (reference: Male)

0.704

0.019

0.865

1.834

0.065

0.568

−4.411

−0.152

0.178

2.267

0.071

0.539

−0.025

−0.001

0.993

BMI (reference: Normal)

 Underweight

−5.073

−0.100

0.511

−4.290

−0.114

0.473

2.602

0.067

0.668

0.736

0.018

0.914

2.260

0.072

0.652

 Overweight

7.491

−0.106

0.370

12.182

−0.232

0.062

5.371

−0.099

0.414

0.734

−0.012

0.921

−1.739

0.039

0.749

Mother’s educational status (reference: Primary school)

 High school

−5.814

−0.125

0.288

−1.708

−0.050

0.686

−4.518

−0.127

0.294

−5.528

−0.142

0.275

−4.306

−0.149

0.228

 University

−6.834

−0.164

0.291

1.935

0.063

0.698

1.559

0.049

0.759

1.533

0.044

0.786

1.963

0.076

0.640

Father’s educational status (reference: Primary school)

 High school

−9.450

−0.176

0.106

4.041

0.102

0.370

8.241

0.201

0.074

0.105

0.002

0.984

1.763

0.053

0.641

 University

22.772

0.456

0.001

1.843

0.050

0.712

−0.669

−0.017

0.895

4.723

0.114

0.405

9.528

0.307

0.025

Presence of a diagnosed musculoskeletal disorder

   

−10.024

−0.253

0.017

         

Using medicine due to any musculoskeletal symptom

−8.546

−0.219

0.038

   

8.719

0.292

0.008

      

Regular physical sports acitivity

   

6.426

0.249

0.017

         

Pain occurrence in the trunk

−12.533

−0.283

0.026

−8.635

−0.264

0.047

−10.202

−0.302

0.021

−17.273

−0.471

0.001

−8.102

−0.295

0.027

R2

0.298

  

0.402

  

0.427

  

0.349

  

0.244

  

F

2.380

 

0.007

3.622

 

0.005

5.957

 

0.001

6.639

 

0.002

6.229

 

0.014

  1. QoL Quality of Life, BMI Body-Mass Index, B unstandardized regression coefficient, β standardized regression coefficient. Bold values mean statistically significant (p < 0.05)
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