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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2016 Oct 27;123(5):832–840. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30428

Table 3.

Associations between caregivers’ emotional health and GBM patients’ probability of dying sooner (hazard).

Caregiver measure
N=88		 Unadjusted Adjusteda
Hazard ratio (95% CI) Likelihood ratio P Hazard ratio (95% CI) Likelihood ratio P
Caregiver burden:
self-esteemb 		1.079 (0.989–1.177) 0.088* 1.064 (0.955–1.185) 0.262
Caregiver burden:
abandonmentc 		0.976 (0.879–1.084) 0.646
Caregiver burden:
schedule disruptions		 1.015 (0.967–1.067) 0.544
Anxiety 1.022 (0.946–1.103) 0.585
Depression 1.007 (0.976–1.040) 0.646
Mastery 0.860 (0.793–0.932) <0.001* 0.839 (0.771–0.913) <0.001*
a

Adjusted for KPS, postsurgical treatment, type of surgery, patient age;

b

Unadjusted analyses based on 31 cases, adjusted analyses based on 31 cases;

c

Unadjusted analyses based on 36 cases.

*

p<0.10