Table 5.
Preferences of lung cancer patients for treatment options based on the latent class analysis with health locus of control.
| Attributes | Class1 | Class2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | SE | 95% CI | Beta | SE | 95% CI | ||
| How the treatment is given to you | Pill (ref) | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Infusion in hospital 12 hours | −0.65*** | 0.13 | −0.91; −0.39 | 0.05 | 0.12 | −0.18; 0.28 | |
| Infusion in hospital 24 hours | −0.44*** | 0.15 | −0.72; −0.15 | −0.18 | 0.13 | −0.43; .07 | |
| Chance of surviving 5 years after starting this cancer treatment | 0.44*** | 0.03 | 0.38; 0.51 | 0.07*** | 0.01 | 0.05; 0.08 | |
| Chance of long-lasting skin problems | −0.04*** | 0.01 | −0.05; −0.03 | −0.02*** | 0.00 | −0.03; −0.01 | |
| Chance of being extremely tired | −0.06*** | 0.01 | −0.07; −0.05 | −0.02*** | 0.00 | −0.03; −0.02 | |
| Severity of hair loss | Complete loss of hair (ref) | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Some hair loss | 0.92*** | 0.16 | 0.59; 1.25 | 0.63*** | 0.12 | 0.40; 0.86 | |
| No hair loss | 1.52*** | 0.19 | 1.14; 1.89 | 0.52*** | 0.12 | 0.28; 0.77 | |
| Mean class probability | 0.655 | 0.345 | |||||
| Class assignment model | |||||||
| Constant | 0.59 | 0.51 | −0.42; 1.59 | ||||
| Health locus of control | internal | −0.95*** | 0.35 | −1.64; −0.27 | |||
| chance | −0.79** | 0.34 | −1.45; −0.13 | ||||
| doctor | 0.62* | 0.35 | −0.07; 1.31 | ||||
| others | 0.63* | 0.34 | −0.05; 1.29 | ||||
| High health literacy | 1.00*** | 0.37 | 0.28; 1.72 | ||||
| Elderly (aged >65 years) | −0.81** | 0.35 | −1.50; −0.12 | ||||
| High education | 1.34** | 0.62 | 0.13; 2.55 | ||||
| Model fit measures | |||||||
| Loglikelihood | −1427.59 | ||||||
| AIC | 2899.2 | ||||||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.44 | ||||||
Beta values with ***, ** are significant at 1%, 5% respectively. Probability attributes are based on a one-point increase in probability. SE = standard error of the mean, CI = confidence interval, AIC = Akaike information criteria.