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. 2012 Mar 14;20(11):2913–2924. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1420-0

Table 2.

Needs for rehabilitation during 14 months following time of diagnosis

Physical area Emotional area Family oriented area Sexual area Work-related area Financial area
n = 3,242 n = 3,254 n = 3,250 n = 3,197 n = 1,276 n = 1,895
n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude Men n = 1,366 ORadjb (95% CI) Women n = 1,829 ORadjb (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI)
Needs, total 1,028 (31.7) 997 (30.6) 453 (13.9) 529 (16.6) 252 (19.8) 257 (13.4)
Sex
 Men 352 (25.4) 1.00 1.00 327 (23.5) 1.00 1.00 145 (10.4) 1.00 1.00 308 (22.5) 1.00 77 (14.3) 1.00 1.00 118 (13.8) 1.00 1.00
 Women 676 (36.5) 1.69** 1.36** (1.01–1.70) 670 (35.9) 1.82** 1.72** (1.37–2.17) 308 (16.6) 1.70** 1.40* (1.04–1.88) 221 (12.1) 0.47** 175 (23.7) 1.87** 1.55* (1.01–2.39) 139 (13.4) 0.97 0.86 (0.60–1.25)
Age (years)
 18–39 54 (36.0) 1.00 1.00 82 (54.3) 1.00 1.00 47 (31.3) 1.00 1.00 34 (22.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 23 (22.3) 1.00 1.00 20 (16.7) 1.00 1.00
 40–49 149 (46.4) 1.54* 1.35 (0.90–2.03) 176 (53.8) 0.98 0.86 (0.57–1.28) 96 (29.3) 0.91 0.82 (0.53–1.27) 77 (23.7) 1.07 0.83 (0.35–2.02) 0.91 (0.51–1.62) 73 (32.0) 1.64 1.43 (0.82–2.51) 51 (19.5) 1.21 1.33 (0.74–2.38)
 50–59 263 (41.3) 1.25 1.13 (0.77–1.65) 279 (43.8) 0.66* 0.59** (0.40–0.85) 135 (21.2) 0.59** 0.55** (0.36–0.83) 133 (21.0) 0.91 0.93 (0.43–1.99) 0.61 (0.35–1.06) 116 (28.9) 1.41 1.27 (0.74–2.17) 97 (19.5) 1.21 1.31 (0.76–2.27)
 60–69 339 (27.8) 0.68* 0.63* (0.43–0.91) 304 (25.0) 0.28** 0.25** (0.17–0.36) 117 (9.6) 0.23** 0.22** (0.14–0.33) 203 (17.0) 0.71 0.72 (0.34–1.51) 0.25** (0.14–0.44) 32 (9.8) 0.38** 0.37** (0.20–0.69) 66 (10.8) 0.61 0.65 (0.37–1.15)
 70–79 172 (23.6) 0.55** 0.53** (0.36–0.78) 125 (17.0) 0.17** 0.16** (0.11–0.24) 48 (6.6) 0.15** 0.15** (0.09–0.24) 69 (9.7) 0.37** 0.33** (0.15–0.72) 0.04** (0.01–0.11) 6 (3.6) 0.13** 0.12** (0.05–0.32) 18 (5.6) 0.30** 0.30** (0.15–0.61)
 80+ 51 (27.4) 0.67 0.64 (0.39–1.03) 31 (16.4) 0.17** 0.15** (0.09–0.26) 10 (5.3) 0.12** 0.12** (0.06–0.25) 13 (7.1) 0.26** 0.26** (0.10–0.69) 0.06** (0.01–0.26) 2 (4.0) 0.14* 0.14* (0.03–0.63) 5 (6.0) 0.32* 0.35 (0.12–1.00)
Cancer diagnosis
 Breast 367 (39.5) 1.00 1.00 338 (36.2) 1.00 1.00 152 (16.3) 1.00 1.00 111 (12.1) 1.00 1.00 94 (23.9) 1.00 1.00 62 (11.7) 1.00 1.00
 Prostate 96 (20.7) 0.40** 0.70* (0.50–0.99) 89 (19.1) 0.42** 1.16 (0.80–1.66) 30 (6.4) 0.35** 0.85 (0.51–1.43) 159 (34.3) 3.79** 2.44** (1.67–3.56) 15 (9.7) 0.34** 1.11 (0.52–2.36) 22 (8.2) 0.67 0.93 (0.49–1.78)
 Colo-rectal 142 (29.0) 0.62** 0.84 (0.65–1.10) 109 (22.2) 0.51* 0.88 (0.66–1.18) 50 (10.2) 0.58** 0.96 (0.66–1.41) 68 (14.2) 1.20 1.00 1.11 (0.65–1.89) 31 (16.8) 0.64 1.17 (0.69–1.98) 32 (11.7) 0.99 1.17 (0.70–1.96)
 Gynecological 69 (31.9) 0.72* 0.72* (0.52–0.99) 79 (36.1) 0.99 1.00 (0.72–1.38) 43 (19.6) 1.25 1.25 (0.85–1.85) 41 (19.1) 1.71** 1.83** (1.21–2.77) 26 (30.2) 1.38 1.36 (0.80–2.32) 22 (17.3) 1.58 1.64 (0.96–2.82)
 Malignant melanoma 49 (22.4) 0.44** 0.48** (0.33–0.68) 51 (23.2) 0.53** 0.52** (0.35–0.75) 19 (8.6) 0.49** 0.43* (0.25–0.73) 16 (7.3) 0.57* 0.34** (0.15–0.75) 0.34** (0.16–0.75) 8 (8.3) 0.29** 0.36* (0.16–0.80) 13 (10.0) 0.84 0.83 (0.43–1.62)
 Lung 71 (39.7) 1.01 1.43* (1.01–2.04) 70 (39.3) 1.14 2.19** (1.52–3.16) 28 (15.6) 0.95 1.65* (1.03–2.66) 27 (15.7) 1.35 0.99 (0.53–1.84) 1.53 (0.74–3.16) 8 (15.7) 0.59 1.09 (0.47–2.54) 18 (17.1) 1.56 2.00* (1.07–3.75)
 Lymphoma 35 (34.3) 0.80 0.92 (0.59–1.44) 49 (48.0) 1.63* 2.24 **(1.42–3.51) 24 (23.8) 1.60 1.90* (1.12–3.23) 15 (15.0) 1.28 0.87 (0.40–1.87) 0.76 (0.29–2.02) 9 (19.6) 0.78 0.93 (0.41–2.10) 11 (16.2) 1.46 1.39 (0.67–2.91)
 Head and neck 32 (26.9) 0.56** 0.69 (0.43–1.09) 39 (33.3) 0.88 1.29 (0.82–2.04) 15 (12.9) 0.76 0.97 (0.52–1.80) 12 (10.4) 0.84 0.31** (0.13–0.72) 1.49 (0.54–4.11) 14 (25.5) 1.09 1.57 (0.74–3.32) 12 (15.0) 1.33 1.20 (0.58–2.50)
 Other 167 (31.9) 0.72** 0.92 (0.70–1.20) 173 (32.9) 0.87 1.29 (0.98–1.70) 92 (17.6) 1.09 1.42* (1.01–2.02) 80 (15.4) 1.32 0.81 (0.52–1.25) 1.07 (0.64–1.78) 47 (22.5) 0.93 1.38 (0.84–2.28) 65 (20.8) 1.99 2.03** (1.28–3.22)

For each area (physical, emotional, family oriented, sexual, work-related, and financial) number, frequencies and crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) are shown with regard to sex, age, and cancer diagnosis

aAdjusted for sex, age group, and cancer diagnosis

bAdjusted for age group and cancer diagnosis

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01