Table 3.
Characteristics associated with each trial outcome index (TOI) group (N = 653), with chi-square and F-test results and post-hoc contrasts
| Trajectory group | Chi-square or F-test results | Contrast p-values | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Consistently Very Low (n=26) % or Mean(SE) | Recovery to Medium (n=85) % or Mean(SE) | Consistently Low (n=67) % or Mean(SE) | Recovery to High (n=67) % or Mean(SE) | Consistently Medium (n=173) % or Mean(SE) | Consistently High (n=235) % or Mean(SE) |
p-value |
Consistently Very Low vs. Recovery to Medium | Consistently Low vs. Recovery to High |
| Sociodemographics | |||||||||
| Age | 50.60 (2.41) | 50.26 (1.33) | 53.53 (1.50) | 51.45 (1.50) | 55.57 (0.93) | 58.06 (0.80) | <.001 | .90 | .33 |
| Very/somewhat hard to pay for basics | 62 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 21 | 6 | <.001 | .001 | <.001 |
| White race | 73 | 85 | 76 | 93 | 91 | 95 | <.001 | .18 | .01 |
| College-educated | 38 | 62 | 58 | 64 | 58 | 70 | .02 | .03 | .47 |
| Cancer-related | |||||||||
| Cancer stage | |||||||||
| I | 35 | 25 | 42 | 40 | 58 | 65 | <.001 | .60 | .42 |
| II | 54 | 64 | 46 | 54 | 35 | 28 | |||
| III | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Chemotherapy | |||||||||
| None | 15 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 39 | 48 | <.001 | .27 | .01 |
| Chemotherapy, no doxorubicin | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 18 | |||
| Chemotherapy, with doxorubicin | 65 | 80 | 58 | 78 | 41 | 34 | |||
| Mastectomy | 54 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 36 | 28 | .01 | .41 | .86 |
| Psychosociala | |||||||||
| Role of faith | 7.87 (0.96) | 8.09 (0.53) | 10.30 (0.59) | 8.80 (0.60) | 9.87 (0.37) | 10.46 (0.32) | <.001 | .84 | .07 |
| Meaning/peace | 16.01 (1.04) | 18.43 (0.58) | 20.38 (0.62) | 22.66 (0.63) | 23.77 (0.39) | 27.47 (0.34) | <.001 | .04 | .01 |
| Social support | 3.74 (0.14) | 4.05 (0.08) | 3.99 (0.08) | 4.45 (0.08) | 4.21 (0.05) | 4.55 (0.04) | <.001 | .05 | <.001 |
| Passive Coping | 1.85 (0.07) | 1.51 (0.04) | 1.54 (0.04) | 1.28 (0.04) | 1.32 (0.03) | 1.17 (0.02) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Illness Intrusiveness | 55.40 (2.59) | 52.68 (1.43) | 44.55 (1.57) | 43.01 (1.58) | 33.89 (0.98) | 22.71 (0.85) | <.001 | .36 | .49 |
| Depressive Symptoms | 20.43 (0.97) | 15.92 (0.54) | 12.65 (0.58) | 10.48 (0.58) | 7.40 (0.36) | 3.76 (0.31) | <.001 | <.001 | .008 |
| Optimism | 15.19 (1.01) | 19.87 (0.56) | 18.90 (0.63) | 22.21 (0.63) | 21.71 (0.39) | 24.49 (0.34) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
a
Values are estimated 4-month values, except for optimism.
Note: Children<18 at home, married/partnered, radiation, hormonal therapy, and active coping were not significant