Table 4.
Patient-reported effects of peer support and adherence to postoperative chemotherapy
| No. of Patients (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talking with other people… | No chemo N=38 |
Chemo N=515 |
p-valuea | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
| …helped me make treatment decisions. | 16 (42) | 168 (33) | 0.231 | 0.47 (0.26-0.82) | 0.008 |
| …helped me emotionally. | 25 (66) | 237 (46) | 0.202 | 1.08 (0.65-1.79) | 0.758 |
| …helped me know what to expect. | 26 (68) | 387 (75) | 0.358 | 5.92 (3.30-10.53) | <0.001 |
| …helped me cope with the challenges and side effects of treatment. | 12 (32) | 381 (74) | <0.001 | 1.70 (1.02-2.84) | 0.043 |
| …made me scared or anxious about treatment. | 8 (21) | 50 (10) | 0.028 | 0.56 (0.27-1.16) | 0.118 |
| …made me doubt my treatment decisions. | 2 (5) | 12 (2) | 0.267 | 0.86 (0.25-2.96) | 0.817 |
| …made me wonder why I didn’t get the same treatments they had. | 2 (5) | 20 (4) | 0.675 | 1.64 (0.43-6.21) | 0.468 |
a
P-values are derived from chi-square tests. Proportions may not add up to 100% because of rounding or missing data