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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2020 Mar 30;126(12):2915–2923. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32853

Table 4.

Risk factors for moderate-to-severe recurrent pain, pain and pain interference trajectory at two time points, FU2 to FU4, in adult survivors.

Moderate-to-severe
recurrent pain
Pain trajectory Pain interference trajectory
Yesa Worsened painb Worsened interferencec Persistent interferenced
Model 1: Demographics, treatment, and emotional distress RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI)
Age at diagnosis (per year) 1.03(1.03–1.03) 1.00(1.00–1.00) 1.01(1.01–1.01) 1.03(1.03–1.03)
Years follow-up (per year) 1.03(1.03–1.03) 1.03(1.02–1.03) 1.00(1.00–1.00) 1.08(1.08–1.08)
Female 1.33(1.32–1.34) 1.27(1.27–1.28) 1.29(1.28–1.30) 1.19(1.18–1.20)
Other than Non-Hispanic White 0.89(0.88–0.90) 0.99(0.99–1.00) 1.11(1.11–1.12) 0.78(0.77–0.78)
Amputation 1.54(1.52–1.56) 1.29(1.27–1.30) 1.07(1.06–1.08) 0.85(0.84–0.87)
Cranial radiation therapy (per 10Gy increase) 1.02(1.01–1.02) 0.98(0.98–0.99) 1.06(1.05–1.07) 0.97(0.96–0.98)
Total platinum score 0.97(0.96–0.98) 0.76(0.75–0.76) 0.92(0.91–0.92) 1.04(1.03–1.06)
Depression FU2 (per 0.5 SD) 1.10(1.08–1.11) 1.15(1.12–1.18) 1.25(1.23–1.27) 1.07(1.04–1.11)
Change in depression (per 0.5 SD) 1.01(1.01–1.02) 1.12(1.11–1.13) 1.16(1.15–1.17) 1.00(0.99–1.01)
Anxiety FU2 (per 0.5 SD) 1.27(1.26–1.28) 1.27(1.24–1.30) 1.11(1.08–1.13) 1.15(1.12–1.18)
Change in anxiety (per 0.5 SD) 1.19(1.18–1.20) 1.22(1.21–1.23) 1.16(1.15–1.17) 1.19(1.18–1.20)
Antidepressants use FU2 and FU4 1.43(1.41–1.46) 1.50(1.49–1.53) 1.22(1.21–1.25) 2.10(2.07–2.12)
No antidepressant use 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Analgesic use FU2 and FU4 5.42(5.34–5.53) 2.26(2.23–2.30) 4.53(4.45–4.63) 3.29(3.19–3.37)
No analgesic use 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Model 2: Primary cancer diagnosis RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI)
CNS tumor 1.02(1.00–1.03) 0.84(0.83–0.86) 1.04(1.03–1.05) 1.07(1.05–1.08)
Lymphoma 1.00(0.99–1.01) 0.76(0.75–0.76) 1.01(1.00–1.02) 1.61(1.58–1.65)
Sarcoma/Bone tumor 1.33(1.32–1.34) 1.01(1.01–1.02) 1.01(1.01–1.02) 1.44(1.42–1.47)
Wilms tumor/Neuroblastoma 1.04(1.03–1.06) 0.83(0.83–0.84) 0.80(0.80–0.81) 0.69(0.68–0.71)
Leukemia 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Model 3: Chronic medical condition RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI) RR(95%CI)
Grade 3–4 FU2 and FU4 1.50(1.49–1.51) 1.25(1.25–1.26) 1.32(1.31–1.32) 1.53(1.52–1.53)
Grade 0–2 FU2 and FU4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Notes. RR(95% CI) bolded to indicate p<0.05.

Model adjusted for depression at FU2, change in depression, anxiety at FU2, change in anxiety, age at diagnosis, years follow-up, sex, race, antidepressant use, and analgesic use.

a

Reference group is no moderate-to-severe recurrent pain.

b

Reference group is no change in none/very mild/mild pain.

c

Reference group is no change in none/a little bit of pain interference.

d

Reference group is improved from moderate/quite a bit/extreme pain interference to none/a little bit of pain interference.