Table 3.
Variable | No. of Patients | Distress Score ≥ 4 |
P | |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | |||
Sex | ||||
Female | 155 | 67 | 43 | .215 |
Male | 59 | 20 | 34 | |
Age, years | ||||
65-80 | 157 | 65 | 41 | .712 |
≥ 81 | 57 | 22 | 39 | |
Cancer stage | ||||
Localized | 135 | 55 | 41 | .968 |
Metastatic | 78 | 32 | 41 | |
Education | ||||
≤ High school | 121 | 54 | 45 | .242 |
Postsecondary school | 85 | 31 | 36 | |
Marital status | ||||
Not married | 101 | 45 | 45 | .296 |
Married | 112 | 42 | 38 | |
Living companion | ||||
Lives alone | 144 | 62 | 43 | .305 |
Lives with spouse, partner, or child | 70 | 25 | 36 | |
Employment | ||||
Employed | 19 | 4 | 21 | .063 |
Not employed | 193 | 83 | 43 | |
Use of services | ||||
Used no services | 182 | 69 | 37 | .052 |
Used services | 32 | 18 | 56 | |
Eyesight | ||||
Excellent, good, or fair | 206 | 80 | 39 | .002 |
Poor | 7 | 7 | 100 | |
Hearing health | ||||
Excellent, good, or fair | 192 | 77 | 40 | .414 |
Poor | 18 | 9 | 50 | |
OARS IADL score | ||||
< 14 | 98 | 59 | 60 | < .0001 |
14 | 108 | 25 | 23 | |
Falls in previous 6 months | ||||
No falls | 168 | 64 | 38 | .120 |
Experienced falls | 43 | 22 | 51 | |
Ability to complete questionnaire alone | ||||
No | 47 | 28 | 60 | |
Yes | 163 | 58 | 36 | .003 |
No. of comorbid illnesses | ||||
≤ 2 | 105 | 35 | 33 | .047 |
≥ 3 | 107 | 50 | 47 | |
Unintentional weight loss in previous 6 months | ||||
None | 132 | 49 | 38 | .097 |
Experienced weight loss | 69 | 34 | 49 | |
KPS | ||||
40, 50, 60 | 37 | 24 | 65 | .001 |
70, 80, 90, 100 | 176 | 62 | 35 |
Continuous Variable | No. of Patients | Mean Values for Distress Scores 0-4 | Mean Values for Distress Score ≥ 4 | P |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 214 | 75.83 | 76.12 | .75 |
Body mass index | 210 | 26.67 | 27.51 | .30 |
OARS IADL (scale 0-14) | 206 | 13.20 | 11.35 | < .0001 |
MOS Physical (scale 0-100) | 214 | 73.30 | 49.91 | < .0001 |
MOS Tangible (scale 0-100) | 212 | 70.58 | 72.80 | .61 |
MOS Emotional (scale 0-100) | 211 | 80.80 | 78.45 | .55 |
MOS Social Support (scale 0-100) | 211 | 77.39 | 76.55 | .82 |
Time to complete questionnaire (minutes) | 197 | 13.31 | 17.56 | .01 |
No. of medications | 210 | 4.77 | 5.28 | .33 |
NOTE. Only patients with a reported distress score were included in this analysis.
Abbreviations: OARS, Older American Resources and Services; IADL, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; KPS, Karnofsky performance score; MOS, Medical Outcomes Study.