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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2012 May 18;22(4):911–921. doi: 10.1002/pon.3091

Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analyses Predicting HRQOL from Sociodemographic Characteristics, Medical Variables, and Economic Survivorship Stress (n=181)

Predictor Physical well-being
Social/family well-being
Emotional well-being
R2 change β F change t R2 change β F change t R2 change β F change t
Step 1: .06 2.96* .10 4.73*** .03 1.51
Sociodemographic
 Age .16 2.47* .10 1.22 .06 .70
 Ethnicity (non-White)
 Gender (female)
 Employment (employed) .05 .79 −.02 −.31 −.04 −.52
 Education −.05 −.80 −.22 −2.91** −.09 −1.20
 Income −.07 −.90 .17 1.92 −.04 −.46
Step 2: .26 34.21*** .07 6.92*** .11 11.34***
Medical
 Comorbidities −.53 −8.29*** −.26 −3.27*** −.33 −4.28***
 Transplant type (allogeneic) −.16 −2.78**
 Days since transplant .13 1.80 .12 1.77
Step 3: .13 13.54*** .03 2.20 .07 4.79**
Economic Survivorship Stress
 Financial stress −.28 −4.05*** −.12 −1.43 −.28 −3.36***
 Employment stress −.24 −3.97*** −.13 −1.74 −.08 −1.07
 Insurance stress .01 .18 .08 1.06 .03 .46
Predictor Functional well-being
Transplant-specific concerns
R2 change β F change t R2 change β F change t
Step 1: .13 6.63*** .05 2.13
Sociodemographic
 Age .09 1.22 .08 1.06
 Ethnicity (non-White)
 Gender (female)
 Employment (employed) .20 2.94** .02 .23
 Education −.16 −2.47* −.05 −.78
 Income −.04 −.56 −.03 −.39
Step 2: .14 33.62*** .15 31.97***
Medical
 Comorbidities −.42 −5.95*** −.45 −6.43***
 Transplant type (allogeneic)
 Days since transplant
Step 3: .08 .16 14.44***
Economic Survivorship Stress
 Financial stress −.21 −2.83** −.25 −3.28***
 Employment stress −.17 −2.56* −.32 −4.85***
 Insurance stress −.08 −1.12 .03 .38

Note. Dashes (—) indicate a variable was omitted due to a nonsignificant (p<.05) association with the HRQOL outcome.

*

p≤.05;

**

p≤.01;

***

p≤.001