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. 2024 Mar 28;150(3):167. doi: 10.1007/s00432-024-05638-0

Table 5.

Predictors of decision regret per multiple linear regression analysis

Variable β B Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI p
Gender (reference: female) 0.115 4.382 − 0.414 9.177 0.073
ECOG 0.197 6.663 1.989 11.338 0.005
Primary cancer (reference: other than head-and-neck cancer) 0.049 3.227 − 6.439 12.802 0.507
Hospitalization (reference: no hospitalization) 0.018 0.900 − 6.305 8.105 0.806
Quality of life − 0.085 − 0.081 − 0.232 0.071 0.294
Participative decision-making − 0.041 − 0.033 − 0.142 0.075 0.546
Satisfaction with care − 0.236 − 5.939 − 9.223 − 2.655 < 0.001
Social support − 0.236 − 1.166 − 1.791 − 0.540 < 0.001
Health literacy − 0.083 − 3.453 − 9.462 2.557 0.258
Distress − 0.002 − 0.016 − 1.013 0.981 0.975
Depression − 0.013 − 0.058 − 1.087 0.971 0.911
Anxiety 0.043 0.225 − 0.878 1.327 0.688

Complete-case analysis (n = 196) with decision regret as dependent variable

CI, confidence interval; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Bold values denote statistical significance at the p < 0.05 level