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Table 2 Strength of the association between depression, anxiety, or somatoform disorders and the number of major psychosocial stressors

From: Patients presenting with somatic complaints in general practice: depression, anxiety and somatoform disorders are frequent and associated with psychosocial stressors

Number of major psychosocial stressors

Prevalence of depression, anxiety or somatoform disorders n/N (%)

Odds Ratio (unadjusted) OR

OR adjusted for age, gender and level of education ORADJ (CI95%)

None

70/486 (14.4%)

1.0

1.0

1

57/168 (33.9%)

3.1

3.2 (CI95% 2.1; 4.8)

2

54/114 (47.4%)

5.3

5.0 (CI95% 3.1; 7.9)

3

35/56 (62.5%)

9.9

10.3 (CI95% 5.4; 19.3)

4

29/37 (78.4%)

21.5

21.5 (CI95% 9.2; 50.4)

5

23/25 (92.0%)

68.3

74.7 (CI95% 16.9; 330.1)

≥6

30/31 (96.8%)

178.3

207 (CI95% 27.2; 1573)