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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2015 Aug 19;121(23):4250–4257. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29651

Table 3.

Odds Ratios of selected outcomes given lowest quartile resilience score and other measures of current health status*

Outcome OR 95% CI

Current Psychological Distress
  Low resilience 3.0 2.1, 4.3
  Not working 2.9 2.0, 4.1
  Taking >4 medications 2.0 1.4, 2.9
  Performance status <80% 4.1 2.9,5.9

Lowest quartile quality of mental health
  Low resilience 5.9 4.4, 8.0
  Currently not working 2.9 2.0, 4.1
  Performance status <80% 1.6 1.2, 2.3

Lowest quartile quality of physical health
  Low resilience 1.4 0.9, 2.2
  Not working 2.5 1.6, 3.9
  Moderate-severe chronic graft vs. host disease 2.1 1.1, 4.1
  Taking >4 medications 3.3 2.0, 5.4
  Performance status <80% 4.7 3.0, 7.4

I have been able to put my illness/treatment behind me and get on with life”(“not at all/a little bit/somewhat”)
  Low resilience 2.4 1.5, 3.9
  Not working 3.3 2.1, 5.2
  Moderate-severe chronic graft vs. host disease 2.5 1.4, 4.6
  Taking >4 medications 3.7 2.2, 6.3
  Performance status <80% 5.2 3.3, 8.2
*

All adjusted for age, sex, race, resilience score, plus covariates listed below given outcome measure. Low resilience defined as lowest quartile on 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. “Currently not working” defined as retired due to health or unemployed.

Based on Cancer Treatment and Distress (CTXD) scale;

Based on Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form 12

Legend: OR: Odds Ratio, CI: Confidence Interval