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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Dis. 2014 Jan 1;34(4):139–149. doi: 10.3233/BD-140372

Table 5.

Logistic Regression, adjusting for age and stage, of each diagnosis and treatment covariates to Predict presence of up-to-date medical records, adjusted for age and stage (n=394)

Counts (%) OR (95% CI) p-valuea
Total Duration of Treatment 394 1.001(1.00, 1.002) 0.0003b

Initial Intent of Therapy None
38 (9.6) ref <0.0001b
Neoadjuvant
166 (42.1) 12.1 (1.6, 92.5) 0.0695
Adjuvant
104 (26.4) 28.6 (3.7, 219) <0.0001
Palliative
70 (17.8) 3.2 (0.36, 29.3) 0.1011
Other 16 (4.1) 13.9 (1.4, 136) 0.1708

Hormone Status Report Known
66 (16.8) ref <0.0001b
Never Requested
214 (54.3) 0.36 (0.19, 0.7) <0.0001
Results Not Returned 114 (28.9) 0.09 (0.05, 0.18) 0.5432

Type of Surgery First Performed None
172 (43.7) ref <0.0001b
Mastectomy
124 (31.5) 9.6 (4.7, 19.6) <0.0001
Lumpectomy 98 (24.9) 4.7 (2.1, 10.5) 0.1877

All Surgeries Received None
172 (43.7) ref <0.0001b
One or More Mastectomy
123 (31.2) 9.4 (4.6, 19.2) 0.0006
One or More Lumpectomy
83 (21.1) 4.3 (1.9, 9.8) 0.8984
Combination 16 (4.1) 9.4 (2.8, 31.5) 0.0621

Sufficient Therapy Received No Therapy Received
108 (27.4) ref <0.0001b
Unknown
9 (2.3) 12.2 (1.0, 144) 0.1184
No
108 (27.4) 1.9 (0.2, 16.7) 0.0551
Yes 242 (61.4) 19.3 (2.6, 146) <0.0001

Total Barriers Encountered None
165 (41.9) ref <0.0001b
Unknown
35 (8.9) 82.2 (24.1, 280) <0.0001
Financial as a Component or by Itself
34 (8.6) 20.3 (6.2, 66.7) 0.2092
All Physical Conditions without a Financial Component 160 (40.6) 19.3 (7.1, 52.4) 0.1247

Eventualc Changes in Treatment Intent None
299 (75.9) ref <0.0001b
Adjuvant
48 (12.2) 6.7 (3.4, 13.2) <0.0001
Palliative
47 (11.9) 0.9 (0.4, 2.3) 0.0279
a

P-values are derived from Wald Chi-Square parameter estimates unless otherwise specified

b

Overall Type III Analysis of Effects

c

As Individuals may undergo more than one change in therapy goal, this accounts for the last change made