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†
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| 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 | |
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| Cancer type | 0.20 | |||
| Colorectal | 2.3 | 1.00 | ||
| Lung | 2.4 | 0.73 | 0.44–1.19 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Performance status (EQ-5D) | 0.09 | |||
| Poor | 2.5 | 1.00 | ||
| Good | 2.2 | 0.68 | 0.43–1.07 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Gender | 0.29 | |||
| Male | 2.4 | 1.00 | ||
| Female | 2.3 | 0.83 | 0.59–1.17 | |
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| Race/Ethnicity | 0.79 | |||
| White | 2.2 | 1.00 | ||
| Non-white | 2.4 | 0.95 | 0.67–1.36 | |
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| Income ($) | 0.32 | |||
| <40,000 | 2.5 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥40,000 | 2.1 | 0.80 | 0.51–1.25 | |
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| Education | 0.02 | |||
| Less than high school | 3.0 | 1.00 | ||
| High school or higher | 2.2 | 0.50 | 0.28–0.90 | |
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| Marital status | 0.49 | |||
| Married or living as married | 2.3 | 1.00 | ||
| Not married | 2.3 | 0.86 | 0.57–1.30 | |
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| Number of dependent children | 0.02 | |||
| None | 2.2 | 1.00 | ||
| One or more | 2.5 | 1.55 | 1.07–2.24 | |
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| Insurance | 0.14 | |||
| Private | 2.2 | 1.00 | ||
| Not private | 2.7 | 1.42 | 0.89–2.27 | |
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| HMO member | 0.16 | |||
| No | 2.4 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 1.9 | 0.70 | 0.43–1.15 | |
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| 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.