Table 2.

Demographics and disease factors influencing illness perceptions (N=321)

Variables		Negative illness perception		Positive illness perception		Illness perception total
β	t	β	t	β	t
Hospital		0.08	1.16	−0.14	−1.87	0.01	0.18
Region		−0.10	−1.49	0.06	0.87	−0.07	−1.03
Age		−0.12	−1.86	−0.21**	−3.34	−0.23***	−3.64
Years since diagnosis		0.07	0.97	0.01	0.17	0.07	1.07
Breast cancer stage		0.09	1.48	0	−0.04	0.09	1.46
Current treatment	Hormonal therapy	−0.03	−0.47	0.11	1.63	0.03	0.39
	Chemotherapy	0.14*	2.02	−0.03	−0.41	0.13	1.81
Radiation therapy	−0.06	−0.96	−0.03	−0.56	−0.08	−1.26
Past treatment	Surgery	0.12	1.43	−0.02	−0.25	0.11	1.30
	Hormonal therapy	−0.08	−1.21	0.05	0.65	−0.06	−0.87
	Chemotherapy	0.22**	2.75	−0.19*	−2.37	0.12	1.51
Radiation therapy	0.04	0.48	0.08	0.86	0.09	0.94
F (p)		2.56 (0.003)		2.10 (0.017)		2.33 (0.007)
R2		0.10		0.08		0.09

Notes: ***p< 0.001, **p< 0.01, *p< 0.05.