Research Article

Quality of Life and Its Predictors among Patients with Selected Chronic Diseases

Table 4

Multiple linear regression model for the mental domain of the quality of life. Only significant predictors are presented in the table.

VariablesR2Unstandardised coefficientsp95% CI for β
βStd. errorLower boundUpper bound

0.375
KPSS0.350.06≤0.0010.2400.465
Total symptoms number−1.480.17≤0.001−1.81−1.15
Marital status4.031.590.0120.97.15
COPD diagnosis−6.521.6≤0.001−9.67−3.37

All values are significant at the conservative level of ≤0.05. KPSS = Karnofsky Performance Status Scale; COPDs = chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.