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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Oct 21;136(2):603–613. doi: 10.1007/s10549-012-2291-2

Table 3.

Contributions of Cultural and Social and Medical Contextual Factors to Subdomains of Latina Survivors’ Quality of Lifea

Variable First Model
Standardized β
Second Model
Standardized β
Final Model
Standardized β
Physical Well-Being
Demographics:
Age .10 .05 .04
Disease Stage −.18** −.09 −.10
AOW Registry Participant .10 .04 .02
Employed .12 .11 .10
Married .12 .13 .13
Radiation −.06 −.11 −.11
Cultural:
Fatalism −.10 −.09
Body Stigma/Shame −.34*** −.31***
Social and Medical Contextual:
Patient Satisfaction .17**
Adjusted R2 .08** .20*** .23***
Social Well-Being
Demographics:
Age .001 −.05 −.06
Disease Stage −.07 −.01 .02
AOW Registry Participant .16 .18** .12
Employed .11 .09 .13**
Married .15 .13 .08
US Born .18** .21** .06
Cultural:
Familism .16** −.02
Religious Coping .14 .10
Body Stigma/Shame −.32*** −.13**
Social and Medical Contextual:
Community Resources .12
Medical Mistrust −.12
Social Support .38***
Social Constraints −.26***
Adjusted R2 .11*** .26*** .51***
Demographics:
Age .16** .11 .09
Disease Stage −.18** −.09 −.09
AOW Registry Participant .12 .06 .03
Cultural:
Fatalism −.16** −.14
Body Stigma/Shame −.38*** −.34***
Social and Medical Contextual:
Patient Satisfaction .22***
Adjusted R2 .07*** .23*** .28***
Functional Well-Being
Demographics:
Age .07 −.001 −.01
Time Since Diagnosis .09 .09 .11
Disease Stage −.18** −.09 −.09
Education .20** .16** .13
AOW Registry Participant .14* .11 .07
Employed .16** .14* .16**
US Born .17** .20*** .15**
Chemotherapy .12 .09 .07
Cultural:
Body Stigma/Shame −.38*** −.33***
Social and Medical Contextual:
Community Resources .08
Social Support .23***
Adjusted R2 .23*** .36*** .41***
Additional Concerns
Demographics:
Age .11 .05 .06
Disease Stage −.21*** −.13** −.14**
AOW Registry Participant .18** .12 .08
Married .12 .13 .12
Had a Mastectomy .17** .05 .03
Cultural:
Familism −.16** −.17***
Body Stigma/Shame −.51*** −.48***
Social and Medical Contextual:
Medical Mistrust −.14**
Adjusted R2 .14*** .39*** .40***

Note: We entered demographics in the first model, cultural factors in the second model, and social and medical contextual factors in the third model.

**

P< .01,

***

P< .001. AOW=Army of Women.