Multivariate Analysis Controlling for Patients’ Sex, Self-Perceived Social Support, and Self-Perceived Economic Status
| Psychological Distress (IDPESQ14 score) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimorbidity Measure | OR (95% CI) | P* | Pcorr† |
| IDPESQ14 = Indice de Détresse Psychologique de l’Enquête Santé Québec; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; Pcorr = P corrected ; CIRS = Cumulative Illness Rating Scale. | |||
| * When patients clustered by physician was not taken into account. | |||
| † When patients clustered by physician was taken into account. | |||
| Count of chronic diseases | 1.12 (0.97–1.29) | .113 | .188 |
| Quintiles of CIRS | |||
| 1/2 | 1.00 | .036 | .024 |
| 3 | 1.72 (0.53–5.86) | ||
| 4 | 2.99 (1.01–9.74) | ||
| 5 | 4.67 (1.61–15.16) | ||
| Changing CIRS quintile | 1.67 (1.19–2.37) | .003 | .002 |