Illness beliefs among patients with chronic widespread pain - associations with self-reported health status, anxiety and depressive symptoms and impact of pain

Table 5 Summary of stepwise multiple regression analyses for the prediction of SF-36 (PCS and MCS) by the illness beliefs dimensions^a and anxiety and depressive symptoms^b

Significant predictors	B	CI 95%	p
Physical Health*
Constant	33.706	22.197–45.215	0.000
Identity	−0.833	−1.627 - -0.040	0.040
Personal control	0.663	0.286–1.040	0.001
Consequences	−0.487	−0.924 - -0.051	0.029
Mental Health**
Constant	55.867	45.223–66.512	0.000
Consequences	−0.619	−1.157 - -0.081	0.025
Depressive symptoms	−11.143	−16.280 - -6.005	0.000
Anxiety symptoms	−10.366	−15.232 - -5.501	0.000

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