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Table 4 Responders’ characteristics and response speed

From: Participation rates, response bias and response behaviours in the community survey of the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study (SwiSCI)

 

Model 1

Model 2

 

OR (95 % CI)

p

OR (95 % CI)

p

Sociodemographic characteristics

    

 Gender (Male)

Reference

0.803

Reference

0.379

  Female

1.03 (0.81 to 1.30)

 

1.12 (0.87 to 1.43)

 

 Age (per 10 years)

0.92 (0.86 to 0.99)

0.023

0.94 (0.86 to 1.02)

0.139

 Education (per year)

0.96 (0.93 to 0.99)

0.016

0.72 (0.93 to 1.00)

0.068

 Household income (per 1000 Swiss Francs)

0.89 (0.84 to 0.95)

<0.001

0.89 (0.83 to 0.95)

<0.001

 Employment (Yes)

Reference

0.468

Reference

0.078

  No

1.09 (0.87 to 1.35)

 

1.28 (0.97 to 1.69)

 

 Living arrangement (With others)

Reference

0.025

Reference

0.168

  Living alone

1.31 (1.03 to 1.65)

 

1.24 (0.91 to 1.69)

 

 Partnership (Having a partner)

Reference

0.007

Reference

0.192

  Not having a partner

1.37 (1.09 to 1.71)

 

1.22 (0.91 to 1.64)

 

 Language (German)

Reference

0.645

Reference

0.619

  French

0.95 (0.74 to 1.21)

 

0.87 (0.67 to 1.12)

 

  Italian

1.21 (0.74 to 1.95)

 

1.09 (0.96 to 1.78)

 

 Membership Swiss Paraplegic Association (Non-member)

Reference

0.675

Reference

0.915

  Member

0.95 (0.76 to 1.20)

 

1.01 (0.78 to 1.32)

 

Lesion characteristics

    

 Lesion level (Paraplegia)

Reference

0.208

Reference

0.532

  Tetraplegia

1.16 (0.92 to 1.45)

 

1.08 (0.84 to 1.39)

 

 Extent of lesion (Complete)

Reference

0.051

Reference

0.076

  Incomplete lesion

1.23 (1.00 to 1.54)

 

1.24 (0.98 to 1.60)

 

 Aetiology (Traumatic)

Reference

0.873

Reference

0.744

  Non-traumatic

0.98 (0.76 to 1.26)

 

0.95 (0.72 to 1.27)

 

 Time since injury (per 10 years)

0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)

0.136

1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)

0.841

Health & functioning indicators

    

 Quality of life (0–4; per point)

1.10 (0.77 to 1.06)

0.225

0.97 (0.81 to 1.18)

0.783

 Mental health (0–100; per 10 points)

0.94 (0.81 to 1.09)

0.400

0.97 (0.83 to 1.12)

0.657

 Secondary conditions (0–39; per 10 points)

0.97 (0.92 to 1.01)

0.591

0.94 (0.88 to 1.00)

0.347

 Participation (0–100; per 10 points)

0.95 (0.78 to 1.14)

0.166

0.89 (0.70 to 1.13)

0.053

  1. Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and (95 % confidence intervals, CI) from ordered logistic regression on response speed in the second module, OR above 1.00 indicate more reminders until participation. For each parameter, the reference category (for group variables) or the reference scale (for continuous variables) is indicated in parenthesis. p values from Equal Fraction-Missing-Information (FMI) test. Results from analysis with multiple imputed datasets, n = 1549. Model 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusted for all covariates
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