Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2013 / Article / Tab 5 / Research Article
Spiritual Needs in Patients Suffering from Fibromyalgia Table 5 Regression analyses with spiritual needs as dependent variables (stepwise method).
Beta
Collinearity statistics* Tolerance VIF Dependent variable: religious needs (
) Model 4 (constant) −3.086 0.003 Trust (SpREUK) 0.442 4.643 0.000 0.693 1.443 Search (SpREUK) 0.282 3.004 0.003 0.711 1.407 Fibromyalgia impairment (FIQ) 0.372 3.560 0.001 0.576 1.736 Life satisfaction (BMLSS-10) 0.269 2.601 0.011 0.589 1.696 Dependent variable: existential needs: reflection/meaning (
) Model 3 (constant) −1.066 0.289 Search (SpREUK) 0.339 3.514 0.001 0.686 1.458 Anxiety (HADS) 0.415 5.013 0.000 0.932 1.073 Trust (SpREUK) 0.251 2.568 0.012 0.670 1.493 Dependent variable: peace needs (
) Model 2 (constant) 5.500 0.000 Anxiety (HADS) 0.446 4.940 0.000 0.965 1.036 Reflection (SpREUK) 0.234 2.592 0.011 0.965 1.036 Dependent variable: Giving/Generativity (
) Model 5 (constant) 3.257 0.002 Reflection (SpREUK) 0.285 2.941 0.004 0.914 1.094 Catastrophizing (CSQ) 0.319 2.349 0.021 0.467 2.143 HADS Depression (HADS) −0.682 −3.915 0.000 0.283 3.533 Life satisfaction (BMLSS-10) −0.310 −2.310 0.023 0.477 2.095 HADS anxiety (HADS) 0.290 2.002 0.048 0.411 2.436
Because the regression coefficients may be compromised by collinearity, we checked the Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) as an indicator for collinearity. VIF > 10 is indicative of high collinearity.
