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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2018 Aug 22;27(4):1383–1394. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4426-4

Table 5.

Correlates of Unmet Supportive Care Need Domains.

Unmet Supportive Care Need Domain
Psychological Needs
(PSY)
Health System &
Information Needs (HSI)
Patient Care & Support Needs (PCS) Physical & Daily Living Needs (PDL) Sexuality Needs
(SXN)
B (SE) OR (95% CI) B (SE) OR (95% CI) B (SE) OR (95% CI) B (SE) OR (95% CI) B (SE) OR (95% CI)
Demographic Variables
Age (years) −.04 (.01)** .96 (.94 - .99) −.05 (.01)** .97 (.93 - .98) −.04 (.02)** .96 (.93 - .99) −.04 (.02)** .96 (.93 - .99) −.01 (.01) .99 (.96 - 1.01)
Gender
 Female vs. Male (ref) 1.10 (.25)*** 3.01 (1.85 - 4.90) .93 (.26)*** 2.53 (1.53 -4.19) 1.32 (.34)*** 3.75 (1.91 - 7.36) 1.31 (.34)*** 3.72 (1.90 - 7.29) −.21 (.26) .81 (.49 - 1.36)
Marital Status
 Not Married vs. Married (ref) .60 (.25)* 1.82 (1.11 - 2.97) .06 (.26) 1.06 (.64 - 1.75) .04 (.31) 1.04 (.57 - 1.92 .03 (.31) 1.03 (.56 - 1.89) −.38 (.28) .68 (.39 -1.18)
Education
 At least H.S. vs. less than H.S. (ref) .35 (.25) 1.43 (.87 - 2.34) .46 (.27) 1.58 (.94 - 2.66) .54 (.34) 1.72 (.89 - 3.31) .55 (.34) 1.73 (.90 - 3.34) .23 (.28) 1.26 (.73 - 2.18)
Sociocultural Variables
Acculturation .15 (.12) 1.17 (.93 - 1.47) .12 (.12) 1.13 (.89 - 1.43) .39 (.15)** 1.47 (1.11 - 1.96) .38 (.15)** 1.46 (1.10 - 1.95) .23 (.13) 1.25 (.97 - 1.62)
Language
 English vs. Spanish monolingual (ref) .45 (.33) 1.57 (.82 - 3.00) .46 (.33) 1.58 (.83 - 3.02) .84 (.38)* 2.31 (1.10 - 4.86) .84 (.38)* 2.31 (1.10 - 4.86) .78 (.34)* 2.32 (1.11 - 4.28)
 Bilingual vs. Spanish monolingual (ref) .13 (.28) 1.14 (.66 - 1.98) .03 (.29) 1.03 (.58 - 1.82) .39 (.36) 1.47 (.73 - 2.96) .37 (.36) 1.45 (.72 - 2.91) .25 (.31) 1.29 (.70 - 2.38)
 Bilingual vs. English monolingual (ref) .32 (.37) 1.37 (.66 - 2.85) .43 (.38) 1.54 (.74 - 3.21) .45 (.42) 1.57 (.69 - 3.58) .47 (.42) 1.60 (.70 - 3.64) .53 (.39) 1.69 (.80 - 3.60)
Medical Variables
Time since Diagnosis (months) −.03 (.01)* .98 (.96 - .99) −.01 (.01) .99 (.98 - 1.01) −.02 (.02) .98 (.95 - 1.01) −.02 (.02) .98 (.95 - 1.01) −.01 (.01) 1.01 (1.00 - 1.03)
Cancer Type
 Breast vs. Prostate Cancer (ref) 1.31 (.29)*** 3.71 (2.09– 6.60) 1.31 (.31)*** 3.69 (2.01- 6.76) 1.78 (.44)*** 5.93 (2.51-14.01) 1.77 (.44)*** 5.86 (2.48-13.83) −.32 (.30) .72 (.40 – 1.30)
 Breast vs. Colorectal Cancer (ref) .85 (.31)** 2.33 (1.27– 4.28) .92 (.32)** 2.51 (1.34 - 4.70) 1.19 (.41)** 3.28 (1.48 - 7.28) 1.18 (.41)** 3.24 (1.46 - 7.18) .31 (.35) 1.36 (.68 – 2.70)
 Prostate vs. Colorectal Cancer (ref) −.47 (.33) .63 (.33 – 1.20) −.38 (.36) .68 (.34 - 1.39) −.59 (.53) .55 (.20 - 1.57) −.59 (.53) .55 (.20 - 1.57) .63 (.36) 1.88 (.93- 3.81)

p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.