Clinical features of outpatients with somatization symptoms treated at a Japanese psychosomatic medicine clinic

Table 2 Correlation between Patient Characteristics and Somatization (N = 871)

		Crude OR(95% CI)	p value	Adjusted OR^a(95% CI)	p value
Academic history (N = 813)	College or above (reference)	1.00		1.00
Academic history (N = 813)	High school or under	1.19(0.87–1.63)	0.27	1.17(0.85–1.63)	0.34
Visit at patient’s initiative (N = 868)	Negative (reference)	1.00		1.00
Visit at patient’s initiative (N = 868)	Positive	0.74(0.55–1.00)	0.05	0.75(0.56–1.00)	0.05
Referral form (N = 871)	Negative (reference)	1.00		1.00
Referral form (N = 871)	Positive	1.47(1.09–1.97)	0.01	1.46(1.09–1.98)	0.01
Marital history (N = 728)	Negative (reference)	1.00		1.00
Marital history (N = 728)	Positive	1.12(0.81–1.53)	0.50	1.20(0.79–1.82)	0.38
Continued treatmentafter first visit (N = 763)	Negative (reference)	1.00		1.00
Continued treatmentafter first visit (N = 763)	Positive	1.28(0.91–1.78)	0.15	1.24(0.89–1.75)	0.20

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