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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2013 Apr 9;7(3):379–391. doi: 10.1007/s11764-013-0280-z

Table 5.

Predictors of Discussing with MD about risks associated with childhood cancer and Survivor or MD having Childhood cancer treatment summary for Survivors who visited a doctor in last 2 yearsab.

Discuss with MD about risks associated with childhood cancer Survivor or MD has childhood
cancer treatment summary
Discuss Cancer-related Risks Discuss Heart Disease risks Discuss Osteoporosis risks

OR (95% CI) p-
value
OR (95% CI) p-
value
OR (95% CI) p-
value
OR (95% CI) p-
value
INTERVENTION RELATED EDIATORS
Read newsletter (yes vs. no) 1.53 1.31 – 1.80 < 0.01 1.40 1.17 – 1.67 < 0.01 1.40 1.10 – 1.78 < 0.01 1.27 1.11 – 1.45 < 0.01
HEALTH RELATED VARIABLES
At risk group
Breast cancer vs no risk 1.80 1.44 – 2.25 < 0.01 2.77 2.15 – 3.56 < 0.01 1.54 1.17 – 2.03 < 0.01 1.31 1.06 – 1.62 0.01
Heart disease vs no risk 1.09 0.94 – 1.27 0.26 1.73 1.46 – 2.05 < 0.01 1.18 0.94 – 1.47 0.15 1.19 1.05 – 1.36 0.01
Osteoporosis vs no risk 0.91 0.70 – 1.20 0.51 0.81 0.56 – 1.16 0.26 0.60 0.38 – 0.95 0.03 1.08 0.86 – 1.36 0.49
Family history of cancer (yes vs. no) 1.54 1.31 – 1.80 < 0.01 1.06 0.89 – 1.27 0.50 1.28 1.03 – 1.59 0.03 1.01 0.87 – 1.17 0.88
2nd cancer/recurrence (yes vs. no) 2.73 2.20 – 3.39 < 0.01 0.95 0.74 – 1.22 0.69 1.56 1.19 – 2.04 < 0.01 1.64 1.33 – 2.02 < 0.01
Cancer Anxiety
Some vs none 1.73 1.47 – 2.02 < 0.01 1.30 1.09 – 1.55 < 0.01 1.23 0.97 – 1.54 0.08 1.17 1.02 – 1.35 0.03
More than some vs none 2.47 2.01 – 3.04 < 0.01 1.32 1.04 – 1.67 0.02 1.74 1.32 – 2.30 < 0.01 1.37 1.12 – 1.66 < 0.01
Quality of Overall Health 0.88 0.82 – 0.95 < 0.01 0.71 0.66 – 0.77 < 0.01 0.78 0.71 – 0.86 < 0.01 1.04 0.98 – 1.10 0.23
Health insurance (yes vs no) 1.37 1.03 – 1.83 0.03 1.48 1.06 – 2.06 0.02 1.30 0.86 – 1.98 0.22 1.42 1.12 – 1.80 < 0.01
MD unfamiliar with late effects (yes vs. no) 1.08 0.91 – 1.27 0.37 1.14 0.95 – 1.37 0.16 1.21 0.96 – 1.51 0.10 0.60 0.51 – 0.70 < 0.01
DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
Age (in years) 1.00 0.99 – 1.02 0.57 1.05 1.04 – 1.06 < 0.01 1.05 1.04 – 1.07 < 0.01 0.99 0.98 – 1.00 0.21
Sex (female vs. male) 1.65 1.43 – 1.91 < 0.01 0.63 0.54 – 0.75 < 0.01 3.95 3.11 – 5.02 < 0.01 0.93 0.82 – 1.06 0.26
Post college (yes vs. no) 1.25 1.08 – 1.44 < 0.01 1.18 1.00 – 1.38 0.05 1.19 0.97 – 1.46 0.10 1.01 0.89 – 1.14 0.89
Currently Married (yes vs. no) 1.04 0.90 – 1.21 0.58 1.20 1.01 – 1.42 0.04 0.80 0.64 – 0.99 0.04 0.76 0.67 – 0.86 < 0.01
Income
$40–80K vs Less than $40K 0.87 0.73 – 1.04 0.13 0.92 0.76 – 1.13 0.43 0.91 0.71 – 1.17 0.46 1.20 1.03 – 1.40 0.02
Greater $80K vs Less than $40K 0.98 0.80 – 1.20 0.86 1.06 0.85 – 1.33 0.61 0.82 0.61 – 1.10 0.18 1.14 0.96 – 1.36 0.15
a

Odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and p-values based on multivariate logistic regression including all predictors simultaneaously

b

n=5025 Survivors visited MD in last 2 years.