Table 4 Factors associated with doctors’ PEOU and PU scores on the e-EQ-5D-5L/VAS report at baseline

Socio-demographic

Gender

 Male

 − 0.051

0.233

 − 0.069

0.103

 Female^§

–

–

–

–

Age

 − 0.009

0.843

0.059

0.213

Education

 None received/ Primary

0.023

0.787

0.047

0.588

 Secondary

0.107

0.199

0.117

0.157

 Tertiary or above^§

–

–

–

–

Occupation

 Unemployed/Homemaker/Retired

0.004

0.950

 − 0.009

0.876

 Labour work

0.019

0.709

0.019

0.714

 Clerical work

0.104

0.021*

0.132

0.003*

 Professional or manager^§

–

–

–

–

Marital status

 Never married/Separated/Divorced/Widowed^§

–

–

–

–

 Married

 − 0.037

0.371

 − 0.015

0.712

Clinical characteristic

Number of the chronic diseases

0.059

0.146

0.075

0.064

Type of musculoskeletal disease

 Back only

 − 0.030

0.466

 − 0.037

0.371

 Knee only

 − 0.011

0.793

 − 0.040

0.330

 Both^§

–

–

–

–

Duration of diagnosis

  < 1 year^§

–

–

–

–

 1–5 years

0.019

0.748

0.024

0.675

 5–10 years

0.044

0.425

0.047

0.386

  > 10 years

 − 0.002

0.972

 − 0.034

0.551

e-EQ-5D-5L utility score

0.039

0.377

 − 0.009

0.843

VAS score

0.027

0.546

0.053

0.235