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Table 3.

Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analyses for Barriers to Symptom Management Predicting Physical QOL (N=57)

	PCS

	B	SE	β	ΔR²	R²
	SMBQ
Covariates
Number of Chronic Illnesses	-1.20	1.04	-0.13	0.304^**
Symptom Bother	-10.14	2.35	-0.50^**	0.304^**
Symptom Management Beliefs (SMBQ)	-0.43	1.04	-0.05	0.002	0.306
	Communication Attitudes
Covariates
Number of Chronic Illnesses	-1.39	1.08	-0.15	0.304^**
Symptom Bother	-10.27	2.40	-0.50^**	0.304^**
Communication Attitudes (CommA)	0.76	0.93	0.10	0.009	0.313
	Communication Difficulties
Covariates
Number of Chronic Illnesses	-1.22	1.06	-0.14	0.304^**
Symptom Bother	-10.23	2.40	-0.50^**
Communication Difficulties (CommD)	0.08	0.90	0.01	0.000	0.304

^**

P < .01

NOTE: N = 57 due to 4 missing values.