Table 3.

Regression analysis of effect of variables on duration of health-related quality of life talk (n = 66 visits)^a,^b

Parameter/Variable	Unstandardized β	Standard error	Standardized β coefficient	t Statistic	P-value
Intercept	13.882	5.017	—	2.767	0.008
Gender concordance	−2.582	3.694	−0.086	−0.699	0.487
Race concordance	−4.170	3.998	−0.132	−1.043	0.301
Patient’s educational status
Did not graduate high school	10.777	7.139	0.190	1.510	0.137
High school graduate or general equivalency diploma	3.219	4.366	0.100	0.737	0.464
Some college	3.045	4.568	0.092	0.667	0.508
Patient’s marital status
Divorced	10.746	5.812	0.221	1.849	0.070
Widowed	4.103	6.471	0.079	0.634	0.529
Never married	−7.113	8.949	−0.099	−0.795	0.430
How long patient has known current oncologist
3–5 visits with oncologist	12.233	5.767	0.280	2.121	0.038
6 or more visits with oncologist	13.145	3.868	0.437	3.399	0.001
R2	0.279	—	—	—	—

^aVisits included 63 patients and 33 oncologists.

^bThe final model includes indicator variables for gender concordance (reference group: no patient–oncologist concordance), race concordance (reference group: no patient-oncologist concordance), patient education (reference group: college diploma or more), patient marital status (reference group: married), and number of previous visits with the oncologist (reference group: 0–2 visits).