Table 2.
Predictors of Beliefs about Cure: Multivariate Regressions
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | Robust SE |
p | OR | 95% CI | Robust SE |
p | |
| Education | ||||||||
| <High school | 2.55 | 1.09–5.96 | 1.10 | 0.03 | 1.95 | 0.79–4.85 | 0.91 | 0.15 |
| High school/GED | 1.38 | 0.68–2.80 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 1.12 | 0.53–2.34 | 0.42 | 0.77 |
| Some college or vocational school | 1.64 | 0.82–3.29 | 0.58 | 0.16 | 1.40 | 0.68–2.88 | 0.52 | 0.36 |
| College graduate | 1.12 | 0.53–2.37 | 0.43 | 0.76 | 1.14 | 0.53–2.45 | 0.45 | 0.74 |
| >College | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
|
Annual household income (US $) | ||||||||
| <$20,000 | 0.81 | 0.42–1.56 | 0.27 | 0.54 | 0.82 | 0.42–1.59 | 0.28 | 0.56 |
| $20,000–$39,999 | 0.84 | 0.48–1.45 | 0.24 | 0.53 | 0.84 | 0.48–1.49 | 0.24 | 0.55 |
| $40,000–$59,999 | 0.95 | 0.51–1.75 | 0.30 | 0.86 | 1.01 | 0.53–1.89 | 0.32 | 0.99 |
| >$60,000 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Missing | 1.95 | 0.67–5.64 | 1.06 | 0.22 | 1.94 | 0.68–5.56 | 1.04 | 0.22 |
|
Insurance | ||||||||
| Insured | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Uninsured or receiving Medicaid | 1.41 | 0.70–2.85 | 0.51 | 0.34 | 1.44 | 0.69–3.03 | 0.55 | 0.33 |
| Missing | 0.35 | 0.05–2.59 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.06–2.23 | 0.34 | 0.28 |
|
Age | ||||||||
| <65 years | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| >65 years | 1.45 | 0.99–2.12 | 0.28 | 0.06 | 1.47 | 1.00–2.15 | 0.29 | 0.05 |
|
Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 1.06 | 0.73–1.53 | 0.20 | 0.77 | 1.06 | 0.72–1.55 | 0.21 | 0.79 |
| Female | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
|
Race | ||||||||
| White | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Black | 2.88 | 1.49–5.59 | 0.97 | 0.002 | 2.49 | 1.26–4.90 | 0.86 | 0.01 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 7.71 | 1.89–31.54 | 5.54 | 0.004 | 7.11 | 1.59–31.87 | 5.44 | 0.01 |
| Other | 2.78 | 1.10–7.02 | 1.31 | 0.03 | 2.54 | 1.00–6.41 | 1.20 | 0.05 |
| Hispanic | 1.55 | 0.64–3.73 | 0.69 | 0.33 | 1.39 | 0.57–3.37 | 0.63 | 0.46 |
|
Marital status | ||||||||
| Married or cohabiting | 1.15 | 0.57–2.32 | 0.41 | 0.70 | 1.22 | 0.59–2.56 | 0.46 | 0.59 |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 1.09 | 0.53–2.25 | 0.40 | 0.81 | 1.19 | 0.55–2.55 | 0.46 | 0.66 |
| Single/never married | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
|
Cancer type | ||||||||
| Colorectal | 1.00 | 1,00 | ||||||
| Lung | 0.26 | 0.17–0.40 | 0.06 | <0.001 | 0.30 | 0.19–0.46 | 0.07 | <0.001 |
| Comorbidity | ||||||||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Mild | 0.78 | 0.48–1.25 | 0.19 | 0.30 | 0.81 | 0.49–1.32 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Moderate | 0.47 | 0.28–0.81 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.49 | 0.28–0.87 | 0.14 | 0.01 |
| Severe | 0.86 | 0.46–1.61 | 0.28 | 0.63 | 0.90 | 0.47–1.74 | 0.30 | 0.76 |
| Missing | 1.23 | 0.66–2.28 | 0.39 | 0.52 | 1.12 | 0.60–2.09 | 0.36 | 0.72 |
|
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| Depressive symptoms | 0.96 | 0.88–1.03 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 1.00 | 0.92–1.09 | 0.04 | 0.98 |
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| Days between diagnosis and baseline survey | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 | 0.57 | <0.01 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 | 0.52 | <0.01 |
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| Self-reported fatalism | N/A | 1.09 | 1.01–1.17 | 0.04 | 0.03 | |||
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| Open-ended fatalism | N/A | |||||||
| No, perceived survival <5 years | 1.00 | |||||||
| No, perceived survival >5 years | 3.92 | 2.32–6.60 | 1.04 | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes, survival is in God’s hands | 2.28 | 1.17–4.46 | 0.78 | 0.02 | ||||
| DK/Refuse/NA/Missing | 2.22 | 1.45–3.40 | 0.48 | <0.001 | ||||
Note.; CI=Confidence Interval; DK=Don’t Know; GED=did not complete high school, but passed a series of General Educational Development tests certifying the attainment of high school levels skills; NA=Not Applicable; OR=Odds Ratio; SE=Standard Error.