Table 6 Univariate and multivariate relationships between emotive coping strategies and psychosocial variables in patients with UCP (n = 179).
From: Coping strategies, stress, physical activity and sleep in patients with unexplained chest pain
| Â | Emotive coping | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Univariate | Multivariatea | ||||
Variables | OR | (95% CI) | p-value | OR | (95% CI) | p-value |
Sex (female) | 4.07 | (1.12–14.79) | 0.03 | 3.39 | (1.01–11.40) | 0.005 |
Age | 0.94 | (0.90–0.99) | 0.02 | 0.93 | (0.88–0.97) | 0.004 |
Single (0–1) | 1.17 | (0.28–4.93) | 0.83 |  |  |  |
University education (0–1) | 0.34 | (0.07–1.63) | 0.17 |  |  |  |
Immigrants (0–1) | 0.31 | (0.08–1.19) | 0.08 |  |  |  |
Physical activity (1–4) | 0.08 | (0.04–0.21) | <0.0001 | 0.13 | (0.06–0.32) | <0.0001 |
Sleep problems (0–20) | 1.35 | (1.20–1.51) | <0.0001 | 1.25 | (1.11–1.42) | 0.0002 |
Mental strain at work (2–10) | 2.00 | (1.48–2.70) | <0.0001 | 1.44 | (1.08–1.91) | 0.005 |
Stress at home (0–5) | 2.17 | (1.43–3.29) | 0.0003 | 1.15 | (0.74–1.77) | 0.89 |
Life events (0–30) | 1.29 | (1.12–1.49) | 0.0006 | 1.21 | (1.04–1.41) | 0.01 |