Table 3:
Risk of cost-coping strategies among those with high compared with low financial toxicity
| Cost-coping strategies | High financial toxicity (n=162) N (%) |
Low financial toxicity (n=172) N (%) |
Crude risk ratio a (95% CI) |
Adjusted risk ratio a, b (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaying or avoiding at least one of the below | 70 (43) | 15 (9) | 5.0 (3.0-8.3) | 3.8 (2.2-6.6) |
| Medical visits | 50 (31) | 7 (4) | 7.6 (3.5-16.2) | 5.6 (2.6-12.1) |
| Filling prescriptions | 29 (18) | 6 (3) | 5.1 (2.2-12.0) | 4.0 (1.7-9.5) |
| Buying over-the-counter medications or medical supplies | 37 (23) | 6 (3) | 6.5 (2.8-15.1) | 5.4 (2.1-13.6) |
| Chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery | 14 (9) | 0 (0) | -- | -- |
| Borrowing money from friends, family, bank, or applying for financial assistance | 79 (49) | 16 (9) | 5.2 (3.2-8.6) | 4.0 (2.4-6.9) |
| Using savings | 90 (56) | 43 (25) | 2.2 (1.7-3.0) | 2.2 (1.6-3.0) |
| Reduced spending on basic goods | 77 (48) | 21 (12) | 3.9 (2.5-6.0) | 3.3 (2.1-5.1) |
| Reduced spending on leisure | 95 (59) | 29 (17) | 3.5 (2.4-5.0) | 3.4 (2.4-5.0) |
| Filing for bankruptcy or mortgaging house | 14 (9) | 3 (2) | 3.1 (1.5-16.9) | 4.2 (1.2-15.0) |
| Ovarian Cancer | N=104 | N=105 | ||
| Delaying or avoiding care | 38 (37) | 5 (5) | 7.7 (3.1-18.7) | 7.1 (2.6-19.3) |
| Borrowing money or applying for financial assistance | 43 (41) | 6 (6) | 7.2 (3.2-16.3) | 7.5 (2.8-20.3) |
| Using savings | 66 (63) | 28 (27) | 2.4 (1.7-3.4) | 2.2 (1.5-3.3) |
| Reduced spending on basic goods | 51 (49) | 10 (10) | 5.1 (2.8-9.6) | 4.1 (2.2-7.7) |
| Reduced spending on leisure | 67 (64) | 17 (16) | 4.0 (2.5-6.3) | 3.8 (2.3-6.1) |
| Filing for bankruptcy or mortgaging house | 5 (5) | 1 (1) | 5.0 (0.6-42.5) | 5.0 (0.6-42.5) |
| Uterine Cancer | N=25 | N=51 | ||
| Delaying or avoiding care | 12 (48) | 8 (16) | 3.1 (1.4-6.5) | 1.1 (0.55-2.2) |
| Borrowing money from friends, family, bank, or applying for financial assistance | 17 (68) | 9 (18) | 3.9 (2.0-7.4) | 2.0 (0.93-4.4) |
| Using savings | 8 (32) | 15 (29) | 1.1 (0.5-2.2) | 0.92 (0.41-2.1) |
| Reduced spending on basic goods | 11 (44) | 11 (22) | 2.0 (1.0-4.0) | 1.6 (0.76-3.3) |
| Reduced spending on leisure | 11 (44) | 12 (24) | 1.9 (0.96-3.6) | 1.9 (0.93-3.7) |
| Filing for bankruptcy or mortgaging house | 3 (12) | 1 (2) | 6.1 (0.67-55.9) | 3.9 (0.34-44.7) |
| Cervical Cancer | N=33 | N=16 | ||
| Delaying or avoiding care | 20 (61) | 2 (13) | 4.8 (1.3-18.2) | 5.9 (1.5-23.8) |
| Borrowing money from friends, family, bank, or applying for financial assistance | 19 (58) | 1 (6) | 9.2 (1.4-62.8) | 7.3 (1.1-50.5) |
| Using savings | 16 (48) | 0 (0) | -- | -- |
| Reduced spending on basic goods | 15 (45) | 0 (0) | -- | -- |
| Reduced spending on leisure | 17 (52) | 0 (0) | -- | -- |
| Filing for bankruptcy or mortgaging house | 6 (18) | 1 (6) | 2.9 (0.38-22.2) | -- |
a
Log binomial regression
b
Adjusted for income