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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2021 Dec 31;46(1):3–13. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000001052

Table 5 •.

Hierarchical Linear Regression Models of Predictors of the QOL Dimensions

QOL Dimensions Predictors Model 1
Model 2
B (95% CI) SE B β P B (95% CI) SE B β P

Role limitations due to physical health Intercept 14.72 (−25.58, 55.01) 20.20 .469 25.95 (−13.42, 65.31) 19.73 .193
Age 0.05 (−0.66, 0.76) 0.35 0.02 .893 −0.54 (−1.34, 0.26) 0.40 −0.20 .181
Race a (Ref: White)
Black 5.01 (−12.00, 22.02) 8.53 0.07 .559 8.16 (−8.27, 24.57) 8.23 0.12 .325
Other −18.72 (−72.37, 34.93) 26.89 −0.09 .489 −18.75 (−70.03, 32.53) 25.70 −0.09 .468
ECOG 1.49 (−7.63, 10.60) 4.57 0.04 .746 0.28 (−8.47, 9.03) 4.39 0.01 .949
COST totala 1.31 (0.36, 2.26) 0.48 0.38 .008 b

Model summary R2 = 0.02; adjusted R2 = −0.04; F = 0.33 R2 = 0.12; adjusted R2 = 0.05; ΔR2 = 0.10 b; F = 1.80

Pain Intercept 32.92 (4.62, 61.23) 14.19 .023 41.71 (14.40, 69.03) 13.69 .003
Age 0.29 (−0.21, 0.79) 0.25 0.14 .247 −0.17 (−0.73, 0.38) 0.28 −0.08 .539
Race (Ref: White)
Black −5.01 (−16.92, 6.89) 5.97 −0.10 .404 −2.56 (−13.90, 8.79) 5.69 −0.05 .654
Other −6.63 (−44.48, 31.22) 18.98 −0.04 .728 −6.64 (−42.37, 29.09) 17.91 −0.04 .712
ECOG a −6.38 (−12.81, 0.06) 3.22 −0.24 .052 −7.32 (−13.42, −1.22) 3.06 −0.27 .019 c
COST total a 1.03 (0.37, 1.69) 0.33 0.41 .003b

Model summary R2 = 0.08; adjusted R2 = 0.03; F = 1.58 R2 = 0.20; adjusted R2 = 0.14; ΔR2 = 0.11b; F = 3.34 b

Role limitations due to emotional problems Intercept −7.15 (−53.49, 39.20) 23.24 .759 0.88 (−45.94, 47.69) 23.47 .970
Age 0.81 (0.00, 1.62) 0.41 0.25 .051 0.39 (−0.56, 1.34) 0.48 0.12 .419
Race (Ref: White)
Black −0.95 (−20.43, 18.53) 9.77 −0.01 .923 1.29 (−18.15, 20.73) 9.75 0.02 .895
Other −0.08 (−62.05, 61.89) 31.07 0.00 .998 −0.09 (−61.33, 61.15) 30.70 0.00 .998
ECOG −4.06 (−14.59, 6.47) 5.28 −0.09 .445 −4.92 (−15.38, 5.53) 5.24 −0.11 .351
COST totala 0.94 (−0.20, 2.07) 0.57 0.23 .104

Model summary R2 = 0.06; adjusted R2 = 0.01; F = 1.11 R2 = 0.10; adjusted R2 = 0.03; ΔR2 = 0.04; F = 1.45

Emotional well-being Intercept 38.38 (16.26, 60.51) 11.09 .001 43.92 (22.05, 65.79) 10.96 <.001
Age a 0.53 (0.14, 0.92) 0.19 0.32 .008 b 0.24 (−0.21, 0.68) 0.22 0.15 .288
Race (Ref: White)
Black −3.72 (−13.03, 5.58) 4.66 −0.09 .427 −2.18 (−11.26, 6.90) 4.55 −0.05 .634
Other −12.70 (−42.29, 16.88) 14.83 −0.10 .395 −12.71 (−41.32, 15.89) 14.34 −0.10 .378
ECOG −2.20 (−7.23, 2.83) 2.52 −0.10 .386 −2.80 (−7.68, 2.09) 2.45 −0.13 .257
COST totala 0.65 (0.12, 1.18) 0.27 0.32 .017 c
Model summary R2 = 0.13; adjusted R2 = 0.08; F = 2.67 c R2 = 0.20; adjusted R2 = 0.14; ΔR2 = 0.07c; F = 3.48 b

Abbreviations: ΔR2, the change in R2; β, standardized coefficient; B, unstandardized coefficients; CI, confidence interval; COST, COmphrehensive Score for financial Toxicity; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; QOL, quality of life; R2, coefficient of Determination; Ref, reference value.

a

Predictor(s) had a statistically significant association with the outcome variable in bivariate analysis (P < .05).

b

P < .01.

c

P < .05.