Table 4.
Factors predictive of supportive care needs in young adult cancer survivors at 1.5 years post-diagnosis in multivariable logistic regression models
| Factors | Global QoL OR (CI) |
Physical Function OR (CI) |
Role Function OR (CI) |
Emotional Function OR (CI) |
Social Function OR (CI) |
Fatigue OR (CI) |
Nausea/Vomiting OR (CI) |
Pain OR (CI) |
Sleep Disturbances OR (CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||||||
| 1.00 (0.97–1.03) | 1.00 (0.96–1.03) | 1.00 (0.97–1.03) | 1.00 (0.97–1.04) | 1.03 (1.00–1.07)a | 0.99 (0.96–1.02) | 0.97 (0.94–1.00) | 1.02 (0.99–1.05) | 1.00 (0.96–1.03) | |
| Cancer type | |||||||||
| Lymphoma (ref) | |||||||||
| Breast | 1.18 (0.71–1.95) | 1.10 (0.64–1.87) | 1.01 (0.61–1.67) | 1.29 (0.73–2.28) | 1.41 (0.84–2.36) | 1.16 (0.69–1.96) | 0.87 (0.50–1.49) | 1.25 (0.75–2.08) | 1.25 (0.74–2.13) |
| Cervical | 1.05 (0.64–1.70) | 0.71 (0.43–1.18) | 0.76 (0.47–1.24) | 0.75 (0.44–1.27) | 0.85 (0.53–1.38) | 0.73 (0.45–1.20) | 1.34 (0.81–2.23) | 0.81 (0.50–1.31) | 0.82 (0.50–1.35) |
| Ovarian | 1.79 (0.75–4.27) | 1.42 (0.57–3.51) | 1.58 (0.69–3.61) | 0.64 (0.27–1.50) | 1.40 (0.61–3.19) | 1.19 (0.51–2.79) | 2.08 (0.92–4.70) | 1.05 (0.46–2.39) | 0.75 (0.33–1.71) |
| Brain tumor | 1.11 (0.66–1.88) | 1.40 (0.79–2.48) | 1.67 (0.99–2.83) | 0.57 (0.32–1.00)a | 1.52 (0.89–2.59) | 1.17 (0.68–2.03) | 0.80 (0.46–1.41) | 0.66 (0.39–1.11) | 0.60 (0.35–1.02) |
| Testicular | 0.67 (0.42–1.07) | 0.40 (0.24–0.65)c | 0.44 (0.27–0.71)c | 0.49 (0.29–0.81)b | 0.56 (0.34–0.90)a | 0.44 (0.27–0.71)c | 0.45 (0.26–0.78)b | 0.62 (0.38–1.00)a | 0.46 (0.28–0.76)b |
| On/off treatment | |||||||||
| Off (ref) | |||||||||
| On | 1.46 (1.01–2.11)a | 2.05 (1.37–3.07)c | 1.76 (1.22–2.53)b | 1.19 (0.79–1.80) | 1.95 (1.32–2.86)c | 1.80 (1.21–2.66)b | 1.42 (0.96–2.09) | 1.31 (0.90–1.89) | 1.46 (0.99–2.16) |
| Relationship status | |||||||||
| Partner (ref) | |||||||||
| No partner | 1.27 (0.88–1.84) | 1.11 (0.75–1.65) | 1.50 (1.04–2.19)a | 0.75 (0.51–1.11) | 0.78 (0.54–1.14) | 0.91 (0.62–1.33) | 0.90 (0.61–1.35) | 0.75 (0.52–1.08) | 1.18 (0.81–1.74) |
| Have child(ren) | |||||||||
| No (ref) | |||||||||
| Yes | 0.94 (0.67–1.31) | 0.78 (0.55–1.11) | 1.23 (0.87–1.72) | 0.77 (0.54–1.10) | 0.90 (0.64–1.27) | 0.98 (0.70–1.38) | 1.04 (0.73–1.50) | 0.67 (0.48–0.94)a | 0.92 (0.65–1.29) |
| Country of birth | |||||||||
| Sweden (ref) | |||||||||
| Other | 0.85 (0.59–1.22) | 1.48 (0.99–2.22) | 1.07 (0.74–1.55) | 1.15 (0.77–1.73) | 0.90 (0.62–1.31) | 1.13 (0.77–1.66) | 1.31 (0.90–1.91) | 1.22 (0.85–1.77) | 1.20 (0.82–1.76) |
| Education | |||||||||
| Other (ref) | |||||||||
| Universityd | 0.68 (0.52–0.89)b | 0.56 (0.42–0.74)c | 0.80 (0.61–1.04) | 0.89 (0.66–1.18) | 0.70 (0.54–0.93)a | 0.70 (0.53–0.93)a | 0.89 (0.66–1.18) | 0.79 (0.60–1.03) | 0.88 (0.66–1.16) |
Supportive care needs based on EORTC QLQ-C30 cut-off scores Lidington et al. [21]. Age as a continuous variable. Significant values (P < 0.05) in bold. Missing values = 30–34
CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, QoL quality of life
aP < 0.05
bP < 0.01
cP < 0.001
dOngoing or completed university or college
Bold values indicate statistical significance