The subjective wellbeing of people living with Multiple Sclerosis in Australia: insights from the Personal Wellbeing Index

Table 2 Associations between Personal Wellbeing Index life domains and global life satisfaction

All results are presented in the form: Coefficient (SD)	Multiple Sclerosis (MS)		Multiple Sclerosis versus No Chronic Disease		Multiple Sclerosis versus Other Chronic Disease
Standard of Living	0.210	(0.018)^a	0.170	(0.014)^a	0.165	(0.013)^a
Personal Health	0.157	(0.014)^a	0.096	(0.013)^a	0.112	(0.012)^a
Achieving in Life	0.219	(0.016)^a	0.197	(0.013)^a	0.204	(0.013)^a
Personal Relationships	0.165	(0.016)^a	0.149	(0.013)^a	0.111	(0.012)^a
Personal Safety	0.038	(0.017)	0.025	(0.014)	0.041	(0.013)^a
Community Connectedness	0.072	(0.016)^a	0.047	(0.013)^a	0.069	(0.013)^a
Future Security	0.048	(0.016)^a	0.045	(0.013)^a	0.079	(0.013)^a
*Interaction Terms*
MS * Standard of Living			0.052	(0.015)^a	0.062	(0.016)^a
MS * Personal Health			0.054	(0.012)^a	0.046	(0.013)^a
MS * Achieving in Life			0.045	(0.013)^a	0.047	(0.015)^a
MS * Personal Relationships			0.030	(0.014)	0.050	(0.015)^a
MS * Personal Safety			0.002	(0.014)	-0.012	(0.015)
MS * Community Connectedness			0.013	(0.013)	-0.001	(0.015)
MS * Future Security			0.002	(0.013)	-0.028	(0.015)
R²	0.804		0.802		0.801

All regressions were conducted using Kernel-Based Regularised Least Squares. The estimates represent the average marginal effect of the life domains on global life satisfaction. Estimates under the subtitle interaction terms refer to the differences in the contributions of the life domains to global life satisfaction attributable to multiple sclerosis subgroup membership, as opposed to membership in the indicated general population subgroup. Regressions controlled for age, sex, education level, and socioeconomic status (via the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage) and self-reported COVID-19-related adversity. Differences in estimates of average marginal effect for the MS group, across the three models, are statistical artefacts and therefore inconsequential. Bolding indicates significance at the 0.05 level
^aindicates significance at the 0.01 level

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