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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Sep 25;57(1):57–63.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.09.014

Table 3.

Adjusted Associations between Baseline Characteristics and Hopes for Unqualified Cure

Variable Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)a P Value
Age
    <57 years 3.92 (1.63–9.40) 0.002
    ≥58 years 1.0 (ref)
Hope Discussions with Primary Care
Physiciansb 3.21 (1.13–9.14) 0.029
    Not Substantive 1.0 (ref)
    Substantive
a

From multiple logistic regression model that adjusted for listed variables as well as site, study arm, and breast cancer subspecialty among the 38 physician clusters. Unmeasured physician factors (as measured by the estimated variance component for the distribution of physician random effects) were not significant.

b

Hope discussion quality was rated by patients on a 5-point scale and dichotomized for analysis. “Not substantive” included those who responded they discussed hopes not at all or a little bit, whereas “substantive” included those who responded they discussed hopes somewhat, quite a bit, or very much