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Table 2 Correlations between health care utilization, physical symptoms and health

From: Interrelationships between symptom burden and health functioning and health care utilization among veterans with persistent physical symptoms

 

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1. Primary care after deployment

0.27*

0.33*

0.26*

0.13*

0.08

− 0.10

0.02

0.22*

− 0.27*

− 0.04

2. Specialist after deployment

1.0

0.44*

0.25*

0.09

0.10

−0.15*

0.06

0.31*

−.041*

− 0.11*

3. Therapist after deployment

0.44*

1.00

0.28*

0.09

0.11*

−0.24*

0.07

0.30*

−0.46*

−0.05

4. Mental health after deployment

0.25*

0.28*

1.00

0.05

0.16*

−0.18*

−0.00

0.32*

−0.19*

− 0.30*

5. Health care Utilization before deployment

0.09

0.09

0.05

1.00

0.13*

−0.14*

−0.01

0.07

−0.03

− 0.06

6. Physical symptoms before deployment

0.10

0.11*

0.16*

0.13*

1.00

−0.33*

−0.48*

0.40*

−0.16*

− 0.23*

7. Physical health function before deployment

−0.15*

− 0.24*

−0.18*

− 0.14*

−0.33*

1.00

−0.15*

− 0.17*

0.29*

0.02

8. Mental health function before deployment

0.06

0.07

−0.00

−0.01

− 0.48*

−0.15*

1.00

−0.14*

− 0.06

0.34*

9. Physical symptoms after deployment

0.31*

0.30*

0.32*

0.07

0.40*

−0.17*

−0.14*

1.00

−0.46*

− 0.57*

10. Physical health function after deployment

−0.41*

− 0.46*

−0.19*

− 0.03

−0.16*

0.29*

−0.06

− 0.46*

1.0

− 0.00

11. Mental health function after deployment

−0.11*

− 0.05

−0.30*

− 0.06

−0.23*

0.02

0.34*

−0.57*

−0.00

1.00

  1. *Represents p < .05