Table A3.
Association Between Informal Caregiver Mental HRQoL and Perceived Quality of Care (poor v good) of Patients With Lung and Colorectal Cancer (CanCORS, 2003-2006; multivariable logistic regressions; N = 689)
| Variable | Unadjusted* | Model | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1† | 2‡ | 3§ | 4¶ | ||
| Caregiver mental HRQoL‖ | 0.97 (0.94 to 1.00) | 0.97 (0.94 to 1.00) | 0.98 (0.95 to 1.01) | 0.98 (0.94 to 1.02) | 0.97 (0.95 to 1.01) |
| Confounders | |||||
| Patient psychosocial factors (spillover) | |||||
| Follow-up | |||||
| Depressive symptoms | 1.33 (1.06 to 1.57) | ||||
| Mental HRQoL | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.04) | ||||
| Physical HRQoL | 1.98 (0.96 to 1.03) | ||||
| Baseline | |||||
| Depressive symptoms | 0.86 (0.67 to 1.00) | ||||
| 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 1.02) | ||||
| Coordination | 1.00 (0.98 to 1.04) | ||||
| Caregiver medical and/or nursing tasks | 1.12 (0.96 to 1.31) | ||||
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.
Controls only for patient-perceived quality of care at baseline.
Model 1 controls 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.
Model 1 plus patient psychosocial factors.
Model 1 plus patient assessment of care.
Model 1 plus number of caregiver medical and/or nursing tasks.
Mental component score from the Short Form-12.