Table A2.
Association Between Informal Caregiver Self-Rated Health and Perceived Quality of Care (poor v good) of Patients With Lung and Colorectal Cancer (CanCORS, 2003-2006; multivariable logistic regressions; N = 689), Controlling for All Caregiver Sociodemographic Characteristics, Cancer Characteristics, Caregiving Characteristics, and Patient Age and Sex
| Variable | Unadjusted* | Model | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1† | 2‡ | 3§ | 4¶ | ||
| Caregiver self-rated health | |||||
| Excellent/very good | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Good | 1.50 (0.60 to 3.31) | 1.52 (0.57 to 3.69) | 1.29 (0.46 to 3.65) | 3.94 (1.00 to 11.18) | 1.49 (0.57 to 3.66) |
| Fair/poor | 3.23 (1.54 to 7.61) | 3.70 (1.61 to 11.20) | 3.23 (1.47 to 12.86) | 3.64 (0.83 to 12.14) | 3.63 (1.59 to 11.08) |
| Confounders | |||||
| Patient psychosocial factors (spillover) | |||||
| Follow-up | |||||
| Depressive symptoms | 1.40 (1.11 to 1.70) | ||||
| Mental HRQoL | 1.00 (0.96 to 1.05) | ||||
| Physical HRQoL | 1.97 (0.95 to 1.04) | ||||
| Baseline | |||||
| Depressive symptoms | 0.83 (0.61 to 0.97) | ||||
| Mental HRQoL | 0.94 (0.88 to 0.97) | ||||
| Physical HRQoL | 0.97 (0.91 to 1.00) | ||||
| Patient assessment of care | |||||
| Follow-up | |||||
| Communication | 0.95 (0.91 to 0.95) | ||||
| Coordination | 0.94 (0.94 to 0.94) | ||||
| Baseline | |||||
| Communication | 1.00 (0.97 to 1.04) | ||||
| Coordination | 1.00 (0.96 to 1.02) | ||||
| Caregiver medical and/or nursing tasks | 1.08 (0.88 to 1.30) | ||||
NOTE. Data are presented as OR (95% CI).
Abbreviations: CanCORS, Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance; HRQoL, health-related quality of life; OR, odds ratio; Ref, reference.
Controls only for patient-perceived quality of care at baseline.
Model 1 controls for patient-perceived quality of care at baseline; caregiver age, sex, race/ethnicity, income, education, marital status, and employment status; cancer type, stage, time since diagnosis, and receipt of treatment (surgery, radiation, and/or chemotherapy); proportion of care provided by the caregiver, relationship to the patient, coresidential status with the patient, and hours per week of care; and patient age and sex.
Model 1 plus patient psychosocial factors.
Model 1 plus patient assessment of care.
Model 1 plus number of caregiver medical and/or nursing tasks.