Table 2.
Causal Model Factor Comparison
| Unique Factors | Factors Common to Two or More Groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung Cancer Patients and Caregivers (LCP/C) | Clinical Care Providers (CCP) | Access Influencers (AI) | |
| Body weight | Access to care | Addictions | Affordability of care |
| Community support | Alternative health care | Availability of medications | Age |
| Exercise | Cancer stage | Delayed or misdiagnosis | Availability of care |
| Faith in God | Community involvement | Drinking alcohol | Communication ability |
| Fitness | Co-morbid conditions | Family size | Coordination of care |
| Follow up care | Computer literacy | Fear | Denial |
| Food quality | Coping skills | Immigration status | Getting information |
| Having a regular doctor | Culture | Inherited conditions | Hope |
| Household cleaning | Education on treatment options | Insurance status | Income |
| Leisure activities | Family dysfunction | Lack of education on cancer symptoms | Literacy |
| Maintaining independence | Financial support | Mindfulness | Mental health |
| Pain management | Genetic testing | Religion | Pain |
| Place | Health literacy | Social programs | Physical health |
| Quitting smoking | Housing | Specialized care | Positivity |
| Second-hand smoke | IQ | Prayer | |
| Sense of control | Marital status | Quality of care | |
| Trust in doctor | Pollution | Religious practices | |
| Willingness to take risks | Procrastination | Smoking/quitting | |
| Quality of death | Social policies | ||
| Quality of life values | Social values | ||
| Race/ethnicity | Sources of information | ||
| Resistance to medical model | Support for caregivers | ||
| Resource management | Support from family | ||
| Risk factors | Transportation | ||
| Screening | Use of care | ||
| Self-care | Occupational health/work conditions | ||
| Stress | |||
| Transportation | |||
| Trust | |||
| Urban/rural | |||
| Will to live | |||
| Willingness to ask for help | |||