Table 2.
Baseline Characteristics Associated with Advanced Cancer Patient Having Anxiety Disorder
| Measure | Full Sample (N=635) |
Patients With Anxiety Disorders (N=48) |
Patients Without Anxiety Disorders (N=587) |
Unadjusted Analyses |
Adjusted Analyses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | O.R. | p-value | O.R. | p-value | ||
|
1. Do you think doctors here see you as a whole person? |
560 (89.3) | 36 (76.6) | 524 (90.3) | 0.35 | 0.005 | 0.24 | 0.0003 |
| 2. Do you think your doctors here treat you with respect? |
622 (98.6) | 47 (97.9) | 575 (98.3) | 0.65 | 0.691 | 0.50 | 0.5244 |
| 3. Do you respect your doctors here? | 627 (99.2) | 47 (97.9) | 580 (99.3) | 0.32 | 0.318 | 0.20 | 0.1694 |
|
4. Do you understand most of what your doctor explains to you? |
594 (93.8) | 41 (85.4) | 553 (94.5) | 0.34 | 0.016 | 0.35 | 0.0351 |
| 5. Are there things about your health or treatments that you do not understand but want to know about? |
196 (31.1) | 20 (42.6) | 176 (30.1) | 1.72 | 0.080 | 1.70 | 0.1037 |
| 6. If your doctor knew how long you had left to live, would you want him or her to tell you? |
448 (71.5) | 33 (68.8) | 415 (71.5) | 0.87 | 0.667 | 0.84 | 0.6025 |
| 7. Do you believe in taking the medicines your doctor gives you? |
620 (98.3) | 45 (97.8) | 575 (98.3) | 0.78 | 0.817 | 0.77 | 0.8097 |
| 8. Do you trust your doctors here? | 617 (98.3) | 43 (91.5) | 574 (98.8) | 0.13 | 0.002 | 0.14 | 0.0081 |
|
9. Do you think your doctor would offer you treatment that you are told would not help you just because he thought you wanted it? |
51 (8.1) | 10 (20.8) | 41 (7.1) | 3.47 | 0.002 | 3.78 | 0.0017 |
| 10. Do you think your doctor would offer you treatment that would not help you but would help others with the information its effect on you would provide? |
168 (27.3) | 12 (26.1) | 156 (27.4) | 0.94 | 0.851 | 1.08 | 0.8285 |
|
11. Do you think your doctors do a good job of making you comfortable, like controlling your pain? |
607 (96.7) | 44 (91.7) | 563 (97.1) | 0.33 | 0.056 | 0.30 | 0.0466 |
| Ū (σ) | Ū (σ) | Ū (σ) | β | p-value | Β | p-value | |
| 12*. How comfortable are you asking your doctor questions about your health? |
4.59 (0.91) | 4.29 (1.11) | 4.62 (0.88) | −0.10 | 0.016 | −0.11 | .0085 |
| 13*. How comfortable are you asking your doctor questions about your care? |
4.60 (0.90) | 4.38 (1.06) | 4.62 (0.88) | −0.07 | 0.071 | −0.07 | .0738 |
Note: Bolded p-values represent significant differences between patients with and without anxiety disorders. Item numbers added post-hoc.
Adjusted Analyses control for age, gender and Karnofsky performance score. Missing Data: 1:8, 2:4, 3:3, 4:2, 5:4, 6:8, 7:4, 8:7, 9:6, 10:19, 11:7, 12:7, 13:0
*
Answer choices range from 1-very uncomfortable to 5-very comfortable. Answer choices to all other questions were binary yes/no format.