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. 2018 Oct 30;27(7):2453–2462. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4523-4

Table 3.

Analysis of putative predictors of actionable distress

Number of actionable DT Number of visitsa Percent of visits with actionable DT Odds ratio (95% CI) P valuec
Survivorship status 0.065
 Surviving ≥ 5 years 95 331 28.7 Ref
 Surviving < 5 years 55 269 20.4 0.64 (0.38, 1.07)
 On treatment 300 924 32.5 1.19 (0.76, 1.88)
Ageb 0.738
 < 25 80 311 25.7 Ref
 25–35 124 419 29.6 1.20 (0.64, 2.25)
 36–50 98 356 27.5 1.08 (0.60, 1.94)
 > 50 147 437 33.6 1.45 (0.75, 2.77)
Sex 0.957
 Female 255 867 29.4 Ref
 Male 195 657 29.7 1.01 (0.64, 1.61)
HL subtypeb 0.895
 Classical 397 1341 29.6 Ref
 Other 51 167 30.5 0.96 (0.50, 1.83)
Risk stratab 0.954
 Early, favorable 80 269 29.7 Ref
 Early, unfavorable 145 514 28.2 0.93 (0.54, 1.59)
 Advanced 215 723 29.7 1.00 (0.60, 1.67)
Stageb 0.837
 Stage I 33 113 29.2 Ref
 Stage II 192 670 28.7 0.97 (0.49, 1.95)
 Stage III 99 378 26.2 0.86 (0.39, 1.90)
 Stage IV 116 345 33.6 1.23 (0.55, 2.76)
Treatmentd 0.394
 Chemotherapy only 178 595 29.9 Ref
 Chemotherapy/radiation 120 316 38.0 1.43 (0.71, 2.92)
 Radiation only 2 13 15.4 0.43 (0.13, 1.39)
Charlson Score 0.14
 No comorbidities present 320 1172 27.3 Ref
 Comorbidities present 130 352 36.9 1.56 (0.92, 2.65)

Results are derived from univariable generalized estimating equations

DT distress thermometer, CI confidence interval

aVisits where a distress thermometer was completed

bPatients with unknown status are excluded from analyses presented in this table

cScore test

dIn patients on treatment only