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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2015 Sep 2;25(9):1085–1091. doi: 10.1002/pon.3949

Table 4.

Entire cohort: factors associated with increased cancer treatment-related worries by multivariable ordinal logistic regression.

N=531 Unadjusted mean number of worries Adjusted
Odds Ratio 95% CI P Value
Age at diagnosis 0.34
 21–40 2.5 1.00
 41–60 2.2 1.20 0.83–1.73

Cancer type 0.20
 Colorectal 2.3 1.00
 Lung 2.4 0.73 0.44–1.19

Stage at diagnosis 0.17
 I 2.4 1.00
 II 2.1 0.72 0.44–1.17
 III 2.2 0.83 0.55–1.27
 IV 2.6 1.35 0.77–2.36

Performance status (EQ-5D) 0.09
 Poor 2.5 1.00
 Good 2.2 0.68 0.43–1.07

Time between diagnosis and baseline interview 0.83
 <4 months 2.4 1.00
 4–5 months 2.2 0.94 0.60–1.48
 >5 months 2.3 1.09 0.74–1.60

Gender 0.29
 Male 2.4 1.00
 Female 2.3 0.83 0.59–1.17

Race/Ethnicity 0.79
 White 2.2 1.00
 Non-white 2.4 0.95 0.67–1.36

Income ($) 0.32
 <40,000 2.5 1.00
 ≥40,000 2.1 0.80 0.51–1.25

Education 0.02
 Less than high school 3.0 1.00
 High school or higher 2.2 0.50 0.28–0.90

Marital status 0.49
 Married or living as married 2.3 1.00
 Not married 2.3 0.86 0.57–1.30

Number of dependent children 0.02
 None 2.2 1.00
 One or more 2.5 1.55 1.07–2.24

Insurance 0.14
 Private 2.2 1.00
 Not private 2.7 1.42 0.89–2.27

HMO member 0.16
 No 2.4 1.00
 Yes 1.9 0.70 0.43–1.15

Region 0.27
 West or Northeast 2.3 1.00
 Midwest or South 2.4 1.21 0.86–1.70

Due to collinearity, integrated network (collinear with ‘HMO’) was not included in the multivariable model.