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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2016 Oct 19;25(2):589–598. doi: 10.1007/s00520-016-3443-4

Table 4.

Psychosocial factors as univariate predictors of class membership.

Predictor Total Sample
N=124
Depression QOL Physical Function
Class 1 (n=109) Class 2 (n=15) p Class 1 (n=93) Class 2 (n=11) p Class 1 (n=109) Class 2 (n=15) p

Religious/pastoral counseling
None in past month 110 (89%) 95 (87%) 15 (100%) .36 83 (89%) 11 (100%) .59 95 (87%) 15 (100%) .36
Used in past month 13 (10%) 13 (12%) 0 (0%) 9 (10%) 0 (0%) 13 (12%) 0 (0%)
Missing 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%)

Other psychosocial services
None in past month 92 (74%) 83 (76%) 9 (60%) .21 72 (77%) 7 (64%) .45 84 (77%) 8 (53%) .06
Used in past month 32 (26% 26 (24%) 6 (40%) 21 (23%) 4 (36%) 25 (23%) 7 (47%)

Psychotropic medications
None in the past month 53 (43%) 48 (44%) 5 (33%) .58 37 (40%) 5 (45%) .76 49 (45%) 4 (27%) .27
Used in the past month 70 (56%) 60 (55%) 10 (66%) 55 (59%) 6 (55%) 59 (54%) 11 (73%)
Missing 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%)

Holding Back 2.1 (1.3) 2.0 (1.2) 3.2 (1.2) <.01 2.0 (1.2) 3.6 (1.0) <.01 2.0 (1.3) 3.3 (0.9) <.01

Unsupportive Behavior From Family and Friends 16.3 (5.0) 15.7 (4.2) 21.2 (7.6) <.01 15.9 (4.6) 22.5 (6.3) <.01 15.9 (4.8) 19.4 (5.5) .02

Benefit Finding 3.4 (0.9) 3.4 (0.9) 3.3 (1.0) 0.61 3.4 (0.8) 2.8 (0.7) 0.03 3.4 (0.9) 3.2 (0.9) .29

Coping Efficacy 53.2 (13.9) 54.3 (13.9) 45.6 (11.5) 0.03 53.7 (13.7) 42.2 (8.5) 0.01 54.0 (14.0) 47.9 (11.9) .12

Intrusive Thoughts 12.7 (8.9) 11.2 (8.1) 23.7 (7.3) <.01 12.6 (13.7) 20.5 (7.5) 0.01 11.7 (8.5) 20.5 (8.1) <.01

Avoidance 16.4 (9.5) 15.4 (9.2) 23.4 (8.7) <.01 16.2 (9.4) 22.3 (8.5) 0.05 15.6 (9.5) 22.1 (7.3) 0.02

COPE: Positive Reinterpretation 11.2 (3.8) 11.3 (3.9) 10.7 (3.4) 0.62 11.3 (3.9) 10.1 (3.0) 0.33 11.3 (3.9) 10.5 (3.1) .47

COPE: Planning 11.2 (3.8) 11.2 (3.8) 11.0 (4.2) 0.85 11.4 (3.7) 9.9 (3.6) 0.21 11.3 (3.9) 10.5 (3.3) .45