Impact of Allergic Contact Dermatitis on the Quality of Life and Work Productivity

Table 3

Association between poor QOL and variables studied after multiple linear regression.

	Initial Model				Final Model
Variables	B	p	95% confidence interval		B	p	95% confidence interval
			Inferior limit	Superior limit			Inferior limit	Superior limit
Female	0.16	0.04	0.005	1.81
Age range	0.05	0.43	-0.22	0.51
School level	<10^−3	0.99	-0.42	0.42
Lifestyle	0.04	0.52	-0.65	1.28
Atopy	0.10	0.12	-0.23	1.83	0.13	0.03	0.09	2.008
Localization	-0.01	0.78	-0.50	0.38
Clinical forms	-0.05	0.44	-0.27	0.12
Number of relapses >10	0.10	0.13	-0.08	0.50	0.14	0.02	0.04	0.56
Work loss	0.08	0.24	-0.75	2.91
Presenteeism	0.37	<10^−3	-0.27	0.12	0.36	<10^-3	0.01	0.04
Absenteeism	-0,25	0,39	-0,09	0,03
Daily activity impairment	0.12	0.16	-0.44	2.60	0.18	0.03	0.15	3.04
Overall work productivity loss	0.44	0.12	-0.01	0.09	0.18	0.01	0.004	0.03

P: degree of significance.
B: regression coefficient.