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Table 3 A history of child abusea as a determinant of cognitive functioning by multivariate linear regression

From: The impact of a history of child abuse on cognitive performance: a cross-sectional study in older patients with a depressive, anxiety, or somatic symptom disorder

 

Unadjusted

Adjustedb

B (SE)

β

p-value

f2

B (SE)

β

p-value

f2

Visual-verbal memory (factor 1)

 Model 1:

  • Any child abuse (yes/no)

0.37 (0.15)

0.18

.016

0.03

0.21 (0.14)

0.10

.153

0.01

 Model 2:

  • Physical abuse (yes/no)

0.40 (0.17)

0.17

.020

0.08

0.31 (0.15)

0.13

.048

0.04

  • Sexual abuse (yes/no)

0.53 (0.17)

0.23

.002

0.31 (0.16)

0.13

.058

  • Psychological abuse (yes/no)

0.29 (0.16)

0.14

.068

0.25 (0.15)

0.12

.089

  • Emotional neglect (yes/no)

0.22 (0.15)

0.11

.149

0.09 (0.14)

0.05

.517

Psychomotor speed (factor 2)

 Model 1:

  • Any child abuse (yes/no)

0.24 (0.14)

0.13

.089

0.02

0.24 (0.15)

0.13

.111

0.02

 Model 2:

  • Physical abuse (yes/no)

0.22 (0.16)

0.10

.175

0.02

0.18 (0.17)

0.08

.288

0.01

  • Sexual abuse (yes/no)

−0.05 (0.16)

−0.02

.780

−0.05 (0.17)

−0.03

.753

  • Psychological abuse (yes/no)

0.20 (0.15)

0.10

.174

0.19 (0.16)

0.10

.220

  • Emotional neglect (yes/no)

0.15 (0.14)

0.08

.276

0.15 (0.15)

0.08

.320

Working memory (factor 3)

 Model 1:

  • Any child abuse (yes/no)

0.10 (0.15)

0.05

.508

< 0.01

0.11 (0.15)

0.06

.447

< 0.01

 Model 2:

  • Physical abuse (yes/no)

0.15 (0.17)

0.07

.362

0.06

0.10 (0.16)

0.04

.546

0.04

  • Sexual abuse (yes/no)

0.15 (0.17)

0.07

.366

0.11 (0.16)

0.05

.503

  • Psychological abuse (yes/no)

−0.18 (0.15)

−0.09

.240

−0.17 (0.15)

−0.08

.256

  • Emotional neglect (yes/no)

0.20 (0.15)

0.10

.173

0.22 (0.14)

0.11

.130

Interference control (factor 4)

 Model 1:

  • Any child abuse (yes/no)

−0.08 (0.16)

−0.04

.607

< 0.01

−0.23 (0.17)

−0.11

.172

0.01

 Model 2:

  • Physical abuse (yes/no)

−0.45 (0.18)

−0.19

.010

0.06

−0.55 (0.18)

−0.23

.002

0.07

  • Sexual abuse (yes/no)

0.08 (0.18)

0.03

.658

0.05 (0.19)

0.02

.773

  • Psychological abuse (yes/no)

−0.08 (0.16)

− 0.04

.621

−0.19 (0.17)

− 0.09

.271

  • Emotional neglect (yes/no)

−0.19 (0.16)

−0.09

.222

−0.35 (0.16)

−0.17

.032

  1. a Separate analyses for the determinants in model 1 regarding the history of any type of abuse (yes/no), and model 2 regarding the four types of child abuse (yes/no) entered simultaneously
  2. b Adjusted for age, sex, level of education, number of somatic diseases, antidepressant drug use, benzodiazepine use, depressive symptom severity, anxiety level, hypochondriacal beliefs, alcohol use, smoking and physical activity