Locus of health control measured with the MHLC*
| Internal locus | Chance locus | Physicians locus | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total scores | Odds ratio† (95% CI) | Total scores | Odds ratio† (95% CI) | Total scores | Odds ratio† (95% CI) | ||||
| CFS (n = 32) | Healthy (n = 167) | CFS (n = 32) | Healthy (n = 167) | CFS (n = 32) | Healthy (n = 167) | ||||
| *MHLC: Multidimensional Health Locus of Control: three subscales with six items scored on a five point Likert scale (range: 6–30). | |||||||||
| †All odds ratios represent one SD shift on the subscale concerned. | |||||||||
| ‡Adjusted OR for age and gender. | |||||||||
| Adolescents | 14.5 | 19.1 | 0.38 (0.25 to 0.58) | 15.0 | 13.7 | 1.34 (0.92 to 1.96) | 12.0 | 10.7 | 1.47 (1.02 to 2.13) |
| 0.39 (0.25 to 0.61)‡ | 1.42 (0.95 to 2.10)‡ | 1.52 (1.02 to 2.24)‡ | |||||||
| Fathers | 16.8 | 19.1 | 0.57 (0.38 to 0.87) | 15.4 | 14.2 | 1.32 (0.90 to 1.95) | 12.8 | 10.9 | 1.67 (1.14 to 2.45) |
| Mothers | 16.9 | 18.2 | 0.74 (0.50 to 1.09) | 15.8 | 14.2 | 1.53 (1.04 to 2.26) | 10.8 | 10.5 | 1.08 (0.74 to 1.57) |