Table 5.
Characteristics associated with each social/family subscale group (N = 653), with chi-square and F-test results and post-hoc contrasts
| Trajectory groupa | Chi-square or F-test results | Contrast p-values | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Consistently Low (n=88) % or Mean(SE) | Recovery to High (n=25) % or Mean(SE) | Consistently Medium(n=106) % or Mean(SE) | Declining to Low (n=61) % or Mean(SE) | Consistently High (n=365) % or Mean(SE) | p | Consistently Low vs. Recovery to High | Consistently Medium vs. Declining to Low |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||||
| Age | 51.68 (1.33) | 57.44 (2.49) | 51.95 (1.21) | 53.47 (1.59) | 56.73 (0.65) | <.001 | .04 | .45 |
| Very/somewhat hard to pay for basics | 30 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 14 | .01 | .18 | .85 |
| White race | 89 | 84 | 82 | 90 | 93 | .03 | .53 | .16 |
| Children <18 at home | 42 | 28 | 37 | 21 | 20 | <.001 | .20 | .04 |
| Cancer-related | ||||||||
| Chemotherapy | ||||||||
| None | 34 | 40 | 25 | 28 | 36 | .03 | .64 | .13 |
| Chemotherapy, no doxorubicin | 8 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 18 | |||
| Chemotherapy, with doxorubicin | 58 | 48 | 60 | 46 | 46 | |||
| Mastectomy | 43 | 28 | 42 | 49 | 32 | .02 | .17 | .40 |
| Psychosocialb | ||||||||
| Role of faith | 7.72 (0.52) | 7.28 (0.98) | 9.60 (0.47) | 9.63 (0.63) | 10.40 (0.26) | <.001 | .69 | .97 |
| Meaning/peace | 18.78 (0.60) | 20.79 (1.15) | 22.19 (0.53) | 23.55 (0.75) | 25.70 (0.30) | <.001 | .12 | .14 |
| Active Coping | 2.62 (0.07) | 2.44 (0.13) | 2.84 (0.06) | 2.85 (0.09) | 2.95 (0.03) | <.001 | .24 | .96 |
| Passive Coping | 1.46 (0.04) | 1.41 (0.08) | 1.40 (0.04) | 1.34 (0.05) | 1.25 (0.02) | <.001 | .57 | .38 |
| Illness Intrusiveness | 45.09 (1.72) | 46.60 (3.27) | 40.11 (1.55) | 38.34 (2.10) | 29.89 (0.85) | <.001 | .68 | .50 |
| Depressive Symptoms | 12.80 (0.65) | 12.29 (1.24) | 10.50 (0.58) | 9.00 (0.80) | 6.32(0.32) | <.001 | .71 | .13 |
| Optimism | 18.30 (0.56) | 21.80 (1.06) | 20.70 (0.51) | 21.20 (0.68) | 23.51 (0.28) | <.001 | .004 | .56 |
a
“Excludes the “consistently very low” group (n=8)
b
Values are estimated 4-month values, except for optimism.
Note: College-educated, married/partnered, cancer stage, radiation, and hormonal therapy were not significant; Social support was removed due to conceptual overlap.