Table 3.
Association between Characteristics and Depression in Breast Cancer Patients
| Presence of Depression | Absence of Depression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n | (%) | n | (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| < 40 | 5 | (25.0%) | 15 | (75.0%) | 1a | |
| 40 - 49 | 18 | (43.9%) | 23 | (56.1%) | 2.35 (0.72, 7.68) | |
| 50 - 59 | 13 | (29.5%) | 31 | (70.5%) | 1.26 (0.38, 4.18) | |
| 60 - 69 | 15 | (42.9%) | 20 | (57.1%) | 2.25 (0.67, 7.57) | |
| ≥ 70 | 7 | (58.3%) | 5 | (41.7%) | 4.20 (0.91, 19.40)** | |
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Urban | 31 | (35.6%) | 56 | (64.4%) | 1a | 1a |
| Semi-urban | 11 | (30.6%) | 25 | (69.4%) | 0.80 (0.35, 1.83) | 0.92 (0.37, 2.29) |
| Rural | 16 | (55.2%) | 13 | (44.8%) | 2.22 (0.95, 5.22)** | 2.56 (1.02, 6.40)* |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 24 | (28.6%) | 60 | (71.4%) | 1a | |
| Single | 11 | (45.8%) | 13 | (54.2%) | 2.12 (0.83, 5.37) | |
| Divorced | 13 | (50.0%) | 13 | (50.0%) | 2.50 (1.01, 6.17)* | |
| Widowed | 10 | (55.6%) | 8 | (44.4%) | 3.13 (1.10, 8.87)* | |
| Number of children | ||||||
| 0 | 14 | (43.8%) | 18 | (56.3%) | 1a | |
| 1 - 2 | 32 | (37.6%) | 53 | (62.4%) | 0.78 (0.34, 1.77) | |
| ≥ 3 | 12 | (34.3%) | 23 | (65.7%) | 0.67 (0.25, 1.80) | |
| Educational level (years) | ||||||
| ≤ 9 | 20 | (54.1%) | 17 | (45.9%) | 1a | |
| > 9 | 38 | (33.0%) | 77 | (67.0%) | 0.42 (0.20, 0.89)* | |
| Religion | ||||||
| Christian Orthodox | 44 | (32.6%) | 91 | (67.4%) | 1a | 1a |
| Non - Christian Orthodox | 14 | (82.4%) | 3 | (17.6%) | 9.65 (2.64, 35.34)* | 6.80 (1.72, 26.90)* |
| Surgical therapy | ||||||
| Mastectomy | 41 | (38.7%) | 65 | (61.3%) | 1a | |
| Ongectomy | 17 | (37.0%) | 29 | (63.0%) | 0.93 (0.46, 1.90) | |
| Adjuvant therapy | ||||||
| Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy | 21 | (36.2%) | 37 | (63.8%) | 1a | |
| Chemotherapy | 26 | (37.1%) | 44 | (62.9%) | 1.04 (0.51, 2.14) | |
| Radiotherapy | 11 | (45.8%) | 13 | (54.2%) | 1.49 (0.57, 3.91) | |
| Using Tamoxifen | ||||||
| Yes | 37 | (42.5%) | 50 | (57.5%) | 1a | |
| No | 21 | (32.3%) | 44 | (67.7%) | 0.65 (0.33, 1.26) | |
| Stage of breast cancer | ||||||
| I | 8 | (30.8%) | 18 | (69.2%) | 1a | |
| II | 13 | (30.2%) | 30 | (69.8%) | 0.98 (0.34, 2.81) | |
| III | 26 | (38.8%) | 41 | (61.2%) | 1.43 (0.54, 3.75) | |
| IV | 11 | (68.8%) | 5 | (31.3%) | 4.95 (1.29, 19.01)* | |
| Current activity - Symptoms burden | ||||||
| Good / Very good level | 30 | (29.1%) | 73 | (70.9%) | 1a | 1a |
| Moderate level | 13 | (46.4%) | 15 | (53.6%) | 2.11 (0.90, 4.96)** | 2.14 (0.86, 5.29)** |
| Bad / Very bad level | 15 | (71.4%) | 6 | (28.6%) | 6.08 (2.16, 17.17)* | 3.75 (1.20, 11.76)* |
NB,
a
Indicates reference category;
*
, p<0.05;
**
, p<0.10; COR, Crude Odds Ratio; ΑOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio; Hosmer-Lemeshow test, p;0.753, Adjusted Nagelkerke R2, 22.6%, Overall Predictive Ability; 71.7%