Table 5.
Associations of anxiety with physical stressors, medical communication, psychological variables, and social resources variables
| Model | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Estimate (SE) | 95%CI | Estimate (SE) | 95%CI | Estimate (SE) | 95%CI | Estimate (SE) | 95%CI | Estimate (SE) | 95%CI |
| Constant | 46.60 (4.48) | 37.79, 55.41*** | 42.37 (4.67) | 33.19, 51.55*** | 54.43 (6.44) | 41.77, 67.09*** | 42.03 (7.27) | 27.73, 56.32*** | 49.29 (7.63) | 34.30, 64.28*** |
| Low-accult. Chinese (vs. NHW)¥ | −1.85 (1.29) | −4.39, 0.69 | −2.43 (1.28) | −4.95, 0.10 | −4.48 (1.40) | −7.23,−1.73*** | −4.86(1.26) | −7.33,−2.39*** | −5.80(1.36) | −8.47,−3.12*** |
| High-accult. Chinese (vs. NHW) | −3.24 (1.33) | −5.86,−0.62* | −3.40 (1.31) | −5.98,−0.82** | −3.89 (1.35) | −6.54,−1.24*** | −3.40(1.22) | −5.80,−1.00** | −3.65(1.21) | −6.03,−1.28** |
| Age 51-64 (vs. age 21-50) | −1.29 (1.18) | −3.62, 1.04 | −1.30 (1.18) | −3.61, 1.01 | −1.35 (1.20) | −3.72, 1.01 | 0.47 (1.1) | −1.70, 2.62 | −0.02 (1.09) | −2.16, 2.13 |
| Age 65+ (vs. age 21-50) | −5.87(1.50) | −8.81,−2.93*** | −5.43 (1.55) | −8.47,−2.39*** | −4.55 (1.58) | −7.64,−1.45*** | −1.37 (1.49) | −4.29, 1.56 | −1.80 (1.47) | −4.69, 1.09 |
| >High school (vs. ≤HS) | 2.00 (1.45) | −0.85, 4.85 | 2.12 (1.42) | −0.67, 4.92 | 1.89 (1.47) | −0.99, 4.77 | 3.50(1.35) | 0.84,6.16** | 3.39(1.36) | 0.72,6.06** |
| Employed (vs. unemployed) | 0.92 (1.10) | −1.23, 3.08 | 0.81 (1.09) | −1.32, 2.94 | 0.15 (1.10) | −2.03, 2.32 | −0.12 (1.00) | −2.08, 1.84 | 0.03 (0.99) | −1.91, 1.97 |
| stage II-III (vs.stage 0-I) | 1.96 (1.16) | −0.31, 4.24 | 1.31 (1.15) | −0.94, 3.57 | 1.40 (1.15) | −0.87, 3.67 | 0.61 (1.04) | −1.43, 2.66 | 0.36 (1.03) | −1.67, 2.38 |
| 37-60 Months since DX (vs. ≤36 mons) | −0.71 (1.00) | −2.68, 1.27 | −0.65 (0.99) | −2.59, 1.29 | −0.78 (1.01) | −2.78, 1.21 | −0.43 (0.91) | −2.22, 1.37 | −0.70 (0.90) | −2.48, 1.08 |
| 1 Comorbidity (vs. 0) | −1.97 (1.30) | −4.52, 0.59 | −1.82 (1.33) | −4.44, 0.81 | −1.51 (1.20) | −3.86, 0.85 | −1.04 (1.20) | −3.39, 1.30 | ||
| 2 Comorbidities (vs. 0) | 0.49 (1.30) | −2.06, 3.04 | 0.02 (1.33) | −2.60, 2.64 | 0.21 (1.19) | −2.14, 2.56 | 0.28 (1.18) | −2.05, 2.60 | ||
| ≥5 Symptoms (vs. <5) | 3.36 (1.03) | 1.33,5.39*** | 3.15(1.07) | 1.04,5.26*** | 1.54 (0.98) | −0.39, 3.47 | 1.38 (0.97) | −0.54, 3.29 | ||
| Medical communication | −0.27 (0.10) | −0.47,−0.07** | −0.01 (0.10) | −0.20, 0.18 | 0.09 (0.10) | −0.11, 0.29 | ||||
| Perceived control | −0.50(0.18) | −0.84,−0.15** | −0.47(0.18) | −0.82,−0.12** | ||||||
| Perceived severity | 0.60(0.10) | 0.40,0.80*** | 0.56(0.10) | 0.36,0.76*** | ||||||
| Engagement coping | −0.30(0.12) | −0.53,−0.07** | −0.18 (0.12) | −0.42, 0.05 | ||||||
| Disengagement coping | 0.62(0.24) | 0.14,1.10** | 0.47(0.25) | −0.00,0.96* | ||||||
| Socioeconomic wellbeing | −0.09 (0.10) | −0.29, 0.11 | ||||||||
| Social support | −0.19(0.07) | −3.33,−0.04** | ||||||||
| Social network | −0.08 (0.08) | −0.23, 0.08 | ||||||||
| Adjusted McKelvey & Zavoina’s R2† | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.31 | |||||
Note. Accul. = acculturation; HS=High school; mons = months; DX=diagnosis. Bold numbers indicate significant associations.
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Anxiety scores in the final model were not significantly different between the low-acculturated and high-acculturated Chinese groups (p=0.48).
†
Adjusted by the number of sample size and predictors in each model.
*
p≤.05;
**
p≤.01;
***
p<.001