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. 2013 Mar;16(3):281–288. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0430

Table 4.

Standardized Betas of Multivariate Linear Regression Analyses Evaluating the Association of Information Provision Subscales with Health Status, Anxiety and Depression, and Illness Perceptions

  Information about the disease Information about medical tests Information about treatment Information about other services Satisfaction with information
Health statusa
 General health −0.24* ns ns ns ns
 Physical functioning ns ns ns −0.36** ns
 Role limitations physical health ns ns 0.32* −0.32** ns
 Bodily pain −0.24* ns ns −0.26* ns
 Vitality ns ns ns −0.37* ns
 Social functioning −0.26* ns ns ns ns
 Role limitations emotional problems ns ns ns −0.25* ns
 Mental health ns ns ns −0.32** ns
Anxiety and depressionb
 Anxiety ns ns ns ns ns
 Depression ns ns ns 0.29** ns
Illness perceptionsc
 B-IPQ1 consequences ns ns ns ns ns
 B-IPQ2 time line ns ns ns ns ns
 B-IPQ3 personal control ns ns ns ns ns
 B-IPQ4 treatment control ns ns ns ns ns
 B-IPQ5 identity ns ns ns 0.27* ns
 B-IPQ6 concern ns ns ns ns ns
 B-IPQ7 coherence ns ns ns ns ns
 B-IPQ8 emotional representation ns ns ns ns ns
*

<0.05; **<0.01

a

Higher score indicates better functioning.

b

Higher score indicates higher levels of anxiety/depression.

c

Higher score indicates worse illness perceptions.

Corrected for gender, age, time since diagnosis, chemotherapy. and comorbidity. These analyses only include patients with metastasized disease at time of diagnosis.

ns, not significant.