Table 5.

Regression models predicting total quality of life at one year from number and severity of life stressors at time of surgery^a

Number of Stressors
Parameter	DF	Estimate	Standardized Estimate	Standard Error	t	P
Intercept	1	59.165		11.882	4.98	<.0001
FACT Baseline	1	0.370	0.340	0.109	3.38	0.001
Age	1	0.051	0.042	0.107	0.47	0.6365
Stage 3–4b	1	−0.123	−0.004	2.838	−0.04	0.9655
Year 1 Chemotherapyc (Yes)	1	−6.174	−0.180	3.090	−2.00	0.0484
Baseline Anxiety (POMS-SF)	1	0.042	0.017	0.240	0.18	0.8608
Baseline Depression (CES-D)	1	−0.798	−0.182	0.483	−1.65	0.1019
Number of Life Stressors	1	−1.414	−0.221	0.581	−2.43	0.0167

Stressor Severity
Parameter	DF	Estimate	Standardized Estimate	Standard Error	t	P
Intercept	1	57.579		12.109	4.76	<.0001
QOL Baseline	1	0.375	0.345	0.111	3.38	0.001
Age	1	0.056	0.046	0.111	0.50	0.6171
Stage 3–4b	1	−0.481	−0.016	2.865	−0.17	0.867
Year 1 Chemotherapyc (Yes)	1	−5.655	−0.164	3.111	−1.82	0.072
Baseline Anxiety (POMS-SF)	1	0.076	0.031	0.243	0.31	0.7556
Baseline Depression (CES-D)	1	−0.929	−0.212	0.483	−1.93	0.0569
Severity of Life Stressors	1	−0.359	−0.169	0.197	−1.82	0.0715

^aAdjusted for baseline QOL, age, cancer stage, anxiety, and depression at pre-surgery, and chemotherapy at year 1; n = 110

^bStages 1 and 2 are reference group

^cNot receiving chemotherapy at one year is reference group

FACT=Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy, POMS-SF= Profile of Mood States Short Form, CES-D=Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale