Table 2.

Unadjusted Associations Between Each Patient Characteristic and total PCQ score

Characteristic	N	PCQ score Mean or Correlation	p value*
Age	249	r=0.0710	0.26
Patient gender
Male	71	1.85	0.0001
Female	180	2.22
Patient race
White	223	2.10	0.13
Non-white	28	2.30
Marital status
Married or partnered	177	2.2	0.006
Single or divorced or widowed	33	2.5
Education
College graduate	155	2.11	0.71
Non-college graduate	95	2.14
Employment status
Working	135	2.00	0.0031
Not working	114	2.25
Household income
Less than $50,000	61	2.30	0.0195
More than $50,000	183	2.07
Number of children < 18	250	r=−0.0423	0.10
Mean age children < 18	250	r=0.0881	0.17
Youngest child < 18	250	r=0.1013	0.11
Oldest child < 18	250	r=0.0750	0.23
Location cancer care
UNC	63	2.10	0.018
MGH	40	2.29
DFCI	148	2.08
Cancer type
Breast	84	2.10	0.8225
Non-breast	165	2.12
Receiving anti-neoplastic treatment
Yes	195	2.22	0.85
No	56	2.13
CCI score	250	r=0.1661	0.0085
Duration of illness, months	244	r=0.0385	0.56
Prior mental health diagnosis or treatment
Yes	114	2.28	0.0001
No	135	1.97
FACT-G PWB score	235	r=0.1099	0.09
Metastatic cancer
Yes	149	2.21	0.0402
No	62	2.00

^*Means and p values based on 2-sample t-tests or one-way analysis of variance for variables with more than two categories; Correlations and p values based on Pearson’s correlation. Variables with p-values <0.20 were included in subsequent linear regression model.

Abbreviations: PCQ=Parenting Concerns Questionnaire (higher scores indicate more severe parenting concerns); UNC=University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill; MGH=Massachusetts General Hospital; DFCI=Dana Farber Cancer Institute; CCI=Charlson Co-Morbidity Index (higher scores indicate more co-morbidity); FACT-G PWB=Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–General Physical Well-Being subscale (higher scores indicate worse physical well-being)