Table 2

OR (95% CI) for the association of fatigue, mood and pain with school attendance (more or less than 20% attendance at school)*

Crude OR (95% CI)p ValueAdjusted OR (95% CI)†p Value
Children with measure of SCAS score (n  =  130)
    SF-361.53 (1.23 to 1.82)<0.0011.70 (1.36 to 2.13)<0.001
    Total fatigue0.82 (0.68 to 1.00)0.061.17 (0.90 to 1.52)0.24
    Anxiety (SCAS)0.97 (0.83 to 1.15)0.761.04 (0.85 to 1.28)0.70
    Pain0.90 (0.8 to 1.00)0.071.05 (0.91 to 1.22)0.5
Children with measure of HADS score (n  =  80)
    SF-361.98 (1.44 to 2.72)<0.0012.05 (1.4 to 3.01)<0.001
    Total fatigue0.82 (0.63 to 1.01)0.061.03 (0.78 to 1.39)0.80
    Anxiety (HADS)0.93 (0.75 to 1.15)0.590.85 (0.62 to 1.16)0.3
    Depression (HADS)0.75 (0.58 to 0.97)0.031.03 (0.69 to 1.53)0.89
    Pain0.81 (0.69 to 0.95)0.0131.02 (0.81 to 1.3)0.83
  • *Using rescaled inventories: the Short Form 36 (SF-36), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) anxiety and depression were divided by 2; Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) anxiety and pain were divided by 10 and fatigue was divided by 3. †Adjusted for age, sex and the other variables in the table. OR, odds ratio.