Associations of the neurologists' organicity rating of patients' symptoms with age, sex, disability, and emotional disorders
| Variable | To what extent can the patient's symptoms be explained by organic disease? | Χ2(3df) | p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not at all | Somewhat | Largely | Completely | ||||
| No of patients (%, 95% CI)) | 33 (11%, 7%-14%) | 57 (19%, 15%-23%) | 81 (27%, 22%-32%) | 129 (43%, 37%-49%) | |||
| Number male (%, 95% CI)) | 11 (33%, 18%-52%) | 22 (39%, 26%-52%) | 34 (42%, 31%-53%) | 58 (45%, 36%-54%) | 1.9 | 0.6 | |
| Median age (range) | 40 (37-44) | 41 (37-43) | 40 (36-44) | 43 (40-48) | 1.9 | 0.6 | |
| Median No of physical symptoms (range) | 6 (4-8) | 5 (4-6) | 5 (4-6) | 3 (2-3) | 35.3 | <0.0005 | |
| Median SF-36 scores2-150 (range): | |||||||
| General health | 57 (52-60) | 57 (57-60) | 57 (52-57) | 57 (55-57) | 1.4 | 0.7 | |
| Physical functioning | 75 (70-90) | 85 (65-95) | 85 (70-95) | 80 (75-85) | 0.4 | 0.9 | |
| Role functioning: physical | 50 (0-100) | 50 (25-100) | 75 (50-100) | 75 (75-100) | 2.9 | 0.4 | |
| Bodily pain | 51 (31-64) | 51 (40-60) | 61 (50-70) | 74 (72-84) | 21.1 | <0.0005 | |
| Social functioning | 62 (50-100) | 62 (50-75) | 75 (62-100) | 88 (88-100) | 16.3 | 0.001 | |
| Vitality | 40 (30-45) | 45 (35-50) | 50 (40-55) | 50 (50-60) | 16.3 | 0.001 | |
| Role functioning: emotional | 100 (0-100) | 67 (0-100) | 100 (0-100) | 100 (100-100) | 18.4 | <0.0005 | |
| Mental health | 56 (48-68) | 60 (52-68) | 72 (64-76) | 76 (72-80) | 21.3 | <0.0005 | |
| No (%, 95% CI) with anxiety or depressive disorder | 23 (70%, 51%-84%) | 37 (65%, 51%-77%) | 39 (48%, 37%-60%) | 41 (32%, 24%-40%) | 26.2 | <0.0005 | |
↵2-150 All SF-36 scores range from 0 to 100, a lower score equates with poorer health status.