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. 2020 Jan 15;14(2):158–167. doi: 10.1007/s11764-019-00839-w

Table 4.

Longitudinal associations between treatment-related factors and executive function symptoms in 330 cancer survivors with different cancer diagnoses

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Intercept 19.14 (17.37, 20.90)*** 19.60 (16.79, 22.40)*** 12.71 (3.30, 22.11)** 16.04 (5.16, 26.93)** 10.13 (− 0.80, 21.05)
Time
  Baseline Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
  6 months − 0.21 (− 1.79, 1.38) − 0.15 (− 1.72, 1.41) − 0.19 (− 1.77, 1.39) − 0.40 (− 1.95, 1.16) 0.25 (− 1.30, 1.79)
  12 months − 0.04 (− 1.58, 1.50) 0.03 (− 1.54, 1.60) 0.11 (− 1.47, 1.68) 0.07 (− 1.54, 1.67) 0.54 (− 1.06, 2.14)
  18 months 0.11 (− 1.44, 1.66) 0.20 (− 1.37, 1.78) 0.22 (− 1.36, 1.80) 0.18 (− 1.42, 1.78) 0.55 (− 1.04, 2.15)
Type of cancer treatment
  Locoregional treatment Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Chemotherapy − 1.94 (− 5.33, 1.46) − 2.32 (− 5.82, 1.19) − 4.52 (− 8.34, − 0.70)* − 4.05 (− 7.75, − 0.35)*
  Other systemic therapy1 7.83 (1.48, 14.17)* 7.78 (1.49, 14.06)* 8.35 (1.30, 15.40)* 7.97 (0.95, 14.99)*
Gender
  Male Ref Ref Ref
  Female 2.34 (− 0.88, 5.56) 0.41 (− 3.39, 4.20) 0.50 (− 3.17, 4.17)
Age 0.08 (− 0.10, 0.25) 0.02 (− 0.16, 0.20) 0.05 (− 0.12, 0.23)
Education
  High Ref Ref Ref
  Medium 4.66 (1.07, 8.25)* 4.27 (0.61, 7.94)* 4.12 (0.57,7.67)*
  Low 0.84 (− 3.19, 4.86) 0.85 (− 3.20, 4.90) 1.02 (− 2.95, 4.99)
Treatment completed
  Yes Ref Ref
  No 1.15 (− 2.80, 5.11) 1.05 (− 2.84, 4.95)
Time diagnosis to RTW a − 0.29 (− 0.53, − 0.06)* − 0.26 (− 0.49, − 0.03)*
Extent of disease
  Local Ref Ref
  Regional 1.35 (− 2.86, 5.57) 1.35 (− 2.76, 5.46)
  Distant − 0.97 (− 11.43, 9.49) − 1.27 (− 11.21, 8.66)
  Unknown − 2.53 (− 6.82, 1.77) − 2.72 (− 6.88, 1.45)
Depressive symptoms b 0.08 (− 0.03, 0.18)
Fatigue c 0.13 (0.03, 0.24)*

Note: * p value < 0.05; ** p value < 0.01; *** p value < 0.001. Intercept, slopes, and 95% confidence intervals were presented. 1Other “systemic” therapy using hormonal therapy or targeted therapy, exclusively or in combination with surgery and/or radiotherapy. RTW, return to work; a in months; b range 0–28; c range 8–56. Model 1 included n = 1084 (82.1%); Model 2 n = 1067 (80.8%); Model 3 n = 1060 (80.3%); Model 4 n = 1024 (77.6%.); Model 5 n = 1023 (77.5%) of the 1320 possible person-measurement observations