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Table 2 Characteristics of social data for IBS-cases and controls

From: More negative self-esteem and inferior coping strategies among patients diagnosed with IBS compared with patients without IBS - a case–control study in primary care

Sociodemographic data:

IBS (n = 140) n %

Controls (n = 213) n %

p-value OR (CI 95%)

Occupational status

  

(0.33)

Employed

91 (65.0)

156 (73.6)

1.00

Student

16 (11.4)

13 (6.1)

2.11 (0.97-4.59)

Retired

20 (14.3)

30 (14.2)

1.14 (0.61-2.13)

Sick leave

5 (3.6)

4 (1.9)

2.14 (0.56-8.18)

Unemployed

8 (5.7)

9 (4.2)

1.52 (0.57-4.09)

Influence on planning the work

  

(0.45)

Great influence

49 (49.0)

94 (57.3)

1.00

Some influence

42 (42.0)

60 (36.6)

1.83 (1.08-3.09)

No influence

9 (9.0)

10 (6.1)

1.73 (0.66-4.53)

Important tasks at work

  

(0.12)

Important

90 (91.8)

158 (96.9)

1.00

Neither

7 (7.1)

3 (1.8)

4.10 (1.03-16.23)

Unimportant

1 (1.0)

2 (1.2)

1.14 (0.10-12.74)

Health status

  

(<0.001)

Good

88 (62.9)

198 (93.8)

1.00

Poor

52 (37.1)

13 (6.2)

9.00 (4.66-17.37)

Belief in the future

  

(<0.001)

Believes in the future

93 (66.4)

184 (86.8)

1.00

Doubt about the future

47 (33.6)

28 (13.2)

3.32 (1.95-5.64)