Table 3.
Associations Between Informal Caregiver Self-Rated Health and Poor Perceived Quality of Care Among Patients With Lung and Colorectal Cancer (multivariable logistic regressions; Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance study, 2003 to 2006; N = 689)
| Variable | Model* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Caregiver self-rated health | ||||
| Excellent/very good | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Good | 1.50 (0.59 to 3.46) | 1.25 (0.49 to 3.17) | 2.24 (0.90 to 7.52) | 1.46 (0.58 to 3.39) |
| Fair/poor | 3.76 (1.76 to 9.55) | 2.85 (1.39 to 8.42) | 3.10 (1.18 to 9.43) | 3.54 (1.65 to 9.06) |
| Confounders | ||||
| Patient psychosocial factors (spillover) | ||||
| Follow-up | ||||
| Depressive symptoms | 1.34 (1.07 to 1.59) | |||
| Mental HRQoL | 1.00 (0.96 to 1.05) | |||
| Physical HRQoL | 0.98 (0.96 to 1.03) | |||
| Baseline | ||||
| Depressive symptoms | 0.86 (0.68 to 1.01) | |||
| Mental HRQoL | 0.96 (0.90 to 0.98) | |||
| Physical HRQoL | 0.97 (0.92 to 1.00) | |||
| Patient assessment of care | ||||
| Follow-up | ||||
| Communication | 0.96 (0.94 to 0.97) | |||
| Coordination | 0.95 (0.95 to 0.96) | |||
| Baseline | ||||
| Communication | 1.00 (0.97 to 1.03) | |||
| Coordination | 1.00 (0.97 to 1.03) | |||
| Caregiver medical and/or nursing tasks | 1.11 (0.95 to 1.30) | |||
NOTE. Data are presented as OR (95% CI). Fair/poor perceived quality of care, 1; good/very good/excellent perceived quality of care, 0.
Abbreviations: HRQoL, health-related quality of life; OR, odds ratio; Ref, reference.
*
All models control for perceived quality of care at baseline, cancer type, stage at diagnosis, amount of caregiving provided by the caregiver, coresidence of the caregiver and survivor, caregiver income, and whether the survivor received surgery for his/her cancer.