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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Support Oncol. 2013 Sep;11(3):126–132. doi: 10.12788/j.suponc.0007

TABLE 2.

Gender differences in illness understanding pre-and postscan visit adjusting for potential demographic confounds (N = 68)

scan visit n % n % AORa P
TIA 26 61.9% 18 69.2% 1.33 .682
Incurable 32 76.2% 14 53.8% 1.10 .889
Advanced stage 22 52.4% 11 42.3% 2.47 .168
Postscan visit n % n % AOR a P
TIA 24 57.1% 15 57.7% 0.93 .913
Incurable 37 88.1% 15 57.7% 5.29 .038
Advanced stage 29 69.0% 10 38.5% 6.38 .013

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; TIA, terminal illness acknowledgement.

a

Odds ratio adjusted for race and recruitment site.