Figure 2

Covariate Adjusted Means of QoL as a function of the number of mental disorder diagnosesb. *p < 0.01; **p < 0.001. WHOQOL-Bref, World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Short Form; QoL, Quality of Life. aMeans after controlling for covariates (age, sex, education, marital status, employment status, and income). bSignificance in the column ‘1 diagnosis’ refer to the difference with ‘no diagnosis’, in the ‘2 diagnoses’ column, to the difference between 2 diagnoses and 1 diagnosis, and in the ‘3 diagnoses’ column to the difference between 3 diagnoses and 2 diagnoses. Diagnoses based on algorithms from the PHQ-9, GAD-7 and PHQ-15 for major depression, generalized anxiety and somatoform disorders, respectively. bSE- standard errors based on 1000 bootstrap samples. cIn parenthesis overall score range of each subscale.