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Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2020 Jan 11;36(4):549–563. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12414

Table 3.

Multivariable Logistic Regression Models Examining Posttreatment Communication and Follow-up Care Utilization

	Crude Model			Model with Demographic Factors			Model with Socioeconomic Factors			Model with Residental County Rurality			Model with Cancer-related Factors			Model with Other Health-related Factors

Model Fit	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value

	--	--	--	4.32	2	.12	2.92	3	.40	0.66	1	.42	20.51	3	.01	5.52	2	.06

Individual Predictors

	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value

Quality of patient-provider communication	1.78	0.64, 4.96	.27	1.65	0.57, 4.78	.36	1.51	0.51, 4.45	.46	1.92	0.67, 5.50	.23	2.44	0.74, 8.05	.14	2.25	0.75, 6.72	.15
Written communication	4.29	1.52, 12.10	.01	5.76	1.88, 17.66	.002	5.25	1.71, 16.13	.004	4.18	1.47, 11.87	.01	4.28	1.31, 13.94	.02	5.04	1.68, 15.12	.004

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

Age				0.97	0.93, 1.00	.08
Marital Status (REF: Not Married)				1.92	0.65, 5.63	.24

SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS

Education (REF: <Bachelor’s)							0.46	0.17, 1.26	.13
Income^a							1.07	0.72, 1.57	.75
Private insurance (REF: No)							0.69	0.25, 1.95	.49

RURALITY (REF: RUCC 1-3)										1.48	0.58, 3.78	.42

CANCER-RELATED FACTORS

Breast Cancer (REF: No)													0.96	0.32, 2.90	.94
Treatment-related symptoms^a													3.28	1.49, 7.23	.003
Time since last treatment (REF: <5 years)													0.34	0.12, 0.98	.05

OTHER HEALTH FACTORS

Tobacco Use (REF: No)																1.57	0.37, 6.70	.55
Number of lifetime comorbidities^a																1.17	1.01, 1.35	.03

Models with Non-Imputed Data (n=83)

Model Fit	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value

	--	--	--	4.89	2	.09	1.76	3	.62	0.53	1	.47	25.99	3	.002	3.72	2	.16

Individual Predictors	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value

Quality of patient-provider communication	2.54	0.48, 13.35	.27	1.87	0.60, 5.79	.28	1.79	0.57, 5.59	.32	2.26	0.73, 6.98	.16	3.03	0.80, 3.03	.11	2.37	0.76, 7.40	.14
Written communication	4.78	1.58, 14.48	.01	6.89	2.04, 23.25	.005	5.51	1.65, 18.37	.005	4.56	1.49, 13.96	.01	6.41	1.62, 25.40	.008	5.55	1.73, 17.80	.004

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

Age				0.96	0.92, 1.00	.06
Marital Status (REF: Not Married)				1.93	0.63, 5.93	.25

SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS

Education (REF: <Bachelor’s)							0.54	0.18, 1.62	.27
Income^a							1.02	0.65, 1.59	.93
Private insurance (REF: No)							0.75	0.26, 2.22	.61

RURALITY (REF: RUCC 1-3)										1.45	0.53, 3.98	.47

CANCER-RELATED FACTORS

Breast Cancer (REF: No)													1.64	0.47, 5.70	.44
Treatment-related symptoms^a													4.03	1.69, 9.64	.002
Time since last treatment (REF: <5 years)													0.24	0.07, 0.80	.02

OTHER HEALTH FACTORS

Tobacco Use (REF: No)																1.71	0.40, 7.37	.47
Number of lifetime comorbidities^a																1.14	0.98, 1.32	.09

Models with Imputed Data among Wave 1 participants only (n = 81)

Model Fit	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value

	--	--	--	5.20	2	.07	2.19	3	.53	1.52	1	.22	21.35	3	.01	4.53	2	.10

Individual Predictors	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value

Quality of patient-provider communication	1.65	0.57, 4.77	.35	1.49	0.49, 4.54	.48	1.48	0.49, 4.51	.49	1.89	0.63, 5.68	.25	2.19	0.62, 7.78	.23	1.99	0.65, 6.09	.23
Written communication	3.29	1.15, 9.46	.03	4.48	1.43, 14.02	.01	3.99	1.29, 12.38	.02	3.09	1.06, 9.02	.04	3.12	0.92, 10.62	.07	4.04	1.32, 12.36	.01

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

Age				0.96	0.92, 1.00	.06
Marital Status (REF: Not Married)				2.14	0.72, 6.41	.17

SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS

Education (REF: <Bachelor’s)							0.49	0.17, 1.39	.18
Income^a							1.09	0.73, 1.62	.69
Private insurance (REF: No)							0.72	0.26, 2.06	.54

RURALITY (REF: RUCC 1-3)										1.83	0.69, 4.84	.22

CANCER-RELATED FACTORS

Breast Cancer (REF: No)													0.72	0.22, 2.32	.58
Treatment-related symptoms^a													3.67	1.48, 9.13	.005
Time since last treatment (REF: <5 years)													0.32	0.10, 0.97	.05

OTHER HEALTH FACTORS

Tobacco Use (REF: No)																1.86	0.36, 9.63	.46
Number of lifetime comorbidities^a																1.15	0.99, 1.33	.06

Models with Imputed Data among participants in non-metropolitan counties (RUCC 4-9) only (n=53)

Model Fit	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value	LR	df	P value
	--	--	--	3.15	2	.21	4.46	3	.22	3.87	1	.05	12.52	3	.04	6.24	2	.04

Individual Predictors	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value

Quality of patient-provider communication	3.72	0.80, 17.36	.09	2.39	0.47, 12.18	.29	2.63	0.49, 14.04	.26	5.37	1.01, 28.47	.05	3.46	0.60, 20.13	.17	7.34	1.15, 47.04	.04
Written communication	7.72	1.79, 33.24	.01	13.8	2.53, 75.69	0	12.6	2.23, 71.52	.004	6.08	1.33, 27.81	.02	11.61	2.20, 61.39	.004	9.73	1.94, 48.89	.006

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

Age				0.95	0.89, 1.01	.12
Marital Status (REF: Not Married)				1.78	0.40, 7.98	.45

SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS

Education (REF: <Bachelor’s)							0.26	0.06, 1.24	.09
Income^a							1.06	0.61, 1.85	.84
Private insurance (REF: No)							0.49	0.10, 2.49	.39

RURALITY (continuous)										1.75	0.98, 3.14	.06

CANCER-RELATED FACTORS

Breast Cancer (REF: No)													1.53	0.30, 7.92	.61
Treatment-related symptoms^a													3.34	1.09, 10.28	.04
Time since last treatment (REF: <5 years)													0.41	0.08, 2.05	.28

OTHER HEALTH FACTORS

Tobacco Use (REF: No)																2.28	0.29, 18.07	.43
Number of lifetime comorbidities^a																1.28	1.02, 1.60	.03

Analyzed as a continuous variable.

Significant associations (P < .05) are in bold. Non-significant associations (P < .10) are italicized.