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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2021 Jul 29;74:101996. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2021.101996

Table 4.

Social and Emotional Support and HRQoL among adult cancer survivors by marital status.

Variables Emotional Support (Married) Emotional Support (Unmarried)
Rarely/Never (n = 2068) Usually/Sometimes (n = 9622) Always (n = 12249) Rarely/Never (n = 2068) Usually/Sometimes (n = 9622) Always (n = 12249)
General Health *
 UOR (%95 %CI) Referent 0.43(0.32 – 0.57) 0.47(0.36 – 0.62) Referent 0.63(0.49 – 0.83) 0.56(0.43 – 0.74)
 AOR (%95 %CI) Referent 0.65(0.48 – 0.89) 0.70(0.52− 0.96) Referent 0.78(0.57–1.05) 0.65(0.48 – 0.88)
Frequent Physical Distress (≥ 14 days)
 UOR (%95 %CI) Referent 0.63(0.46 – 0.86) 0.59(0.44 – 0.80) Referent 0.58(0.45 – 0.76) 0.62(0.47 – 0.82)
 AOR (%95 %CI) Referent 0.97(0.70–1.34) 0.88(0.64–1.19) Referent 0.67(0.49 – 0.91) 0.71(0.52 – 0.98)
Frequent Mental Distress (≥ 14 days)
 UOR (%95 %CI) Referent 0.52(0.36 – 0.75) 0.29(0.20 – 0.42) Referent 0.39(0.28 – 0.53) 0.21(0.15 – 0.30)
 AOR (%95 %CI) Referent 0.64(0.45 – 0.90) 0.36(0.25 – 0.51) Referent 0.39(0.29 – 0.53) 0.21(0.16 – 0.29)
Frequent Activity Limitation (≥ 14 days)
 UOR (%95 %CI) Referent 0.66(0.45 – 0.98) 0.54(0.37 – 0.78) Referent 0.47(0.34 – 0.66) 0.45(0.31 – 0.64)
 AOR (%95 %CI) Referent 1.05(0.70–1.58) 0.81(0.55–1.17) Referent 0.54(0.38 – 0.75) 0.50(0.35 – 0.72)

UOR: Unadjusted Odds Ratio; AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio; 95 % CI: 95 % Confidence Interval.

*

“Excellent” or “Very Good” or “Good” General Health.