Table 4.
Mean scores and demographic correlates of worries about the emotional and physical consequences of a cancer diagnosis (range: 1–4; unweighted; N = 1773)
| Characteristic | Emotional and physical worries | Univariate$ | Multivariate$,a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | B (SE) | β | Significance | B (SE) | β | Significance | |
| Total sample | 2.65 (0.80) | ||||||
| Age | −.007 (.001) | −.143 | p < .001 | −.007 (.001) | −.148 | p < .001 | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 2.51 (0.76) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Female | 2.77 (0.82) | .256 (.038) | .159 | p < .001 | .246 (.038) | .153 | p < .001 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 2.65 (0.79) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| BAMEb | 2.62 (0.86) | −.030 (.053) | −.013 | p = .57 | −.076 (.053) | −.034 | p = .15 |
| Social grade | |||||||
| AB (highest) | 2.70 (0.77) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| C1 | 2.69 (0.78) | .052 (.042) | .029 | p = .22 | −.050 (.057) | −.028 | p = .38 |
| C2 | 2.68 (0.80) | .034 (.046) | .017 | p = .47 | −.042 (.060) | −.022 | p = .48 |
| DE (lowest) | 2.57 (0.84) | −.113 (.041) | −.066 | p < .01 | −.155 (.057) | −.090 | p < .01 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married or living as married | 2.64 (0.79) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Single | 2.69 (0.84) | .049 (.042) | .028 | p = .24 | .005 (.046) | .003 | p = .91 |
| Widowed/separated/divorced | 2.60 (0.80) | −.052 (.061) | −.020 | p = .40 | .057 (.065) | .022 | p = .37 |
R2 = .050
$Values in bold are significant at p < .05
aMutually adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, social grade, and marital status
bBAME = Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic