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

Table 4.

Unmet needs for rehabilitation 14 months after diagnosis

Physical area Emotional area Family oriented area Sexual area Work-related area Financial area
n = 922 n = 883 n = 380 n = 454 n = 222–230 n = 230
n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI) n (%) ORcrude ORadja (95% CI)
Unmet needs, total 159 (17.3) 209 (23.7) 122 (32.1) 225 (49.6) 43 (18.7) 79 (34.4)
Sex
 Men 63 (19.8) 1.00 1.00 85 (31.1) 1.00 1.00 43 (34.4) 1.00 1.00 124 (46.8) 1.00 1.00 18 (26.1) 1.00 1.00 42 (39.3) 1.00 1.00
 Women 96 (15.9) 0.76 0.96 (0.60–1.54) 124 (20.3) 0.56** 0.58** (0.37–0.92) 79 (31.0) 0.86 1.06 (0.58–1.93) 101 (53.4) 1.31 0.80 (0.42–1.55) 25 (15.5) 0.52 0.53 (0.19–1.47) 37 (30.1) 0.67 0.53 (0.24–1.19)
Age (years)
 <60 64 (15.3) 1.00 1.00 91 (18.3) 1.00 1.00 65 (26.9) 1.00 1.00 105 (47.7) 1.00 1.00 33 (16.6) 1.00 1.00 53 (33.3) 1.00 1.00
 ≥60 95 (18.9) 1.29 1.17 (0.81–1.70) 118 (30.7) 1.98** 2.05** (1.47–2.85) 57 (41.3) 1.92** 2.03** (1.27–3.25) 120 (51.3) 1.15 1.83** (1.16–2.89) 10 (32.3) 2.40* 2.98* (1.14–7.80) 26 (36.6) 1.16 1.08 (0.58–2.03)
Cancer diagnosis
 Breast 40 (12.1) 1.00 1.00 55 (17.7) 1.00 1.00 33 (26.4) 1.00 1.00 54 (56.8) 1.00 1.00 12 (14.1) 1.00 1.00 19 (38.0) 1.00 1.00
 Prostate 16 (18.4) 1.63 1.46 (0.65–3.27) 24 (30.8) 2.06* 0.94 (0.45–1.97) 7 (28.0) 1.08 0.83 (0.26–2.62) 51 (36.4) 0.44** 0.24** (0.10–0.56) 2 (15.4) 1.11 0.30 (0.04–2.35) 10 (55.6) 2.04 1.06 (0.27–4.13)
 Colo-rectal 28 (22.1) 2.05** 1.93* (1.07–3.48) 18 (19.6) 1.13 0.78 (0.41–1.49) 16 (38.1) 1.72 1.62 (0.72–3.68) 29 (48.3) 0.71 0.52 (0.23–1.17) 4 (14.8) 1.06 0.55 (0.13–2.36) 6 (23.1) 0.49 0.32 (0.09–1.08)
 Gynecological 14 (24.6) 2.36* 2.33* (1.17–4.65) 17 (23.9) 1.46 1.47 (0.79–2.74) 10 (30.3) 1.21 1.16 (0.49–2.72) 16 (48.5) 0.71 0.68 (0.30–1.52) 5 (19.2) 1.45 1.45 (0.45–4.62) 6 (28.6) 0.65 0.65 (0.21–1.96)
 Malignant melanoma 4 (9.8) 0.78 0.75 (0.25–2.26) 17 (37.8) 2.81** 2.51* (1.24–5.05) 5 (31.3) 1.27 1.29 (0.40–4.13) 8 (72.7) 2.02 1.68 (0.40–6.99) 0 (0) 3 (23.1) 0.49 0.31 (0.07–1.46)
 Lung 15 (22.7) 2.13* 1.97 (0.97–4.01) 16 (28.6) 1.85 1.31 (0.66–2.60) 10 (40.0) 1.86 1.46 (0.57–3.72) 14 (66.7) 1.52 1.13 (0.39–3.27) 4 (50.0) 6.08* 4.02 (0.75–21.7) 7 (43.8) 1.27 0.86 (0.25–3.02)
 Lymphoma 7 (21.9) 2.03 1.95 (0.76–5.00) 15 (34.1) 2.39* 2.05 (0.99–4.27) 9 (40.9) 1.93 2.19 (0.81–5.89) 8 (53.3) 0.87 0.72 (0.22–2.36) 2 (22.2) 1.74 1.65 (0.29–9.26) 4 (36.4) 0.93 0.69 (0.17–2.88)
 Head and neck 9 (32.1) 3.43** 3.32** (1.34–8.22) 13 (35.1) 2.51* 2.00 (0.90–4.43) 6 (42.9) 2.09 2.09 (0.64–6.85) 7 (63.6) 1.33 1.24 (0.32–4.81) 4 (28.6) 2.43 1.63 (0.36–7.29) 6 (50.0) 1.63 0.97 (0.23–4.10)
 Other 26 (16.9) 1.47 1.41 (0.77–2.57) 34 (22.7) 1.36 0.98 (0.56–1.72) 26 (33.3) 1.39 1.48 (0.72–3.04) 38 (55.9) 0.96 0.77 (0.35–1.69) 10 (25.0) 2.03 1.25 (0.39–4.05) 18 (28.6) 0.65 0.43 (0.16–1.13)

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

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01