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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2017 Oct;15(10):1224–1233. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.0161

Table 3.

Linear Regression for various distress measurements

InCharge Impact of Events Scale Distress Thermometer
Coefficient 95% CI p Coefficient 95% CI p Coefficient 95% CI p
Age
 Young (<50) 0 0 0
 Middle-age (50–64) 0.74 −0.47–1.95 0.23 −7 −16.03–2.02 0.13 −1.34 −3.02–0.34 0.12
 Elderly (≥65) 1.52 0.03–3.01 0.05 −12.8 −24.01-(−1.59) 0.03 −1.38 −3.43–0.66 0.18
Gender
 Female 0 0 0
 Male −0.41 −1.29–0.46 0.35 −2.7 −8.95–3.54 0.39 −0.85 −2.16–0.45 0.2
Race
 American Indian or Alaskan Native 0 0 0
 Black or African American −1.25 −3.22–0.72 0.21 −10.3 −24.4–3.78 0.15 −0.35 −3.39–2.69 0.82
 White 14 −1.67–1.96 0.88 −15.33 −27.66-(−3.01) 0.02 −1.33 −4.14–1.49 0.35
Marital
 Married/ Domestic Partner 0 0 0
 Single/ Divorced/ Separated/ Widowed 0.89 −0.03–1.81 0.06 0.91 −6.18–7.99 0.8 0.85 −2.24–0.53 0.22
Education
 Up to high school diploma/ GED/ VoTech 0 0 0
 Some college/ Associates degree 0.42 −0.86–1.7 0.52 −1.2 −9.1–6.7 0.76 −0.37 −2.28–1.55 0.7
 Bachelors degree or greater 0.28 −0.69–1.26 0.57 1.08 −6.43–8.59 0.78 −0.55 −2.01–0.9 0.45
Employment
 Employed for wages/ Self-employed/ Homemaker 0 0 0
 Retired/ Out of work but not looking for work 0.86 −0.52–2.23 0.22 2.46 −6.84–11.76 0.6 0.39 −1.34–2.12 0.66
 Unable to work/ Out of work and looking for work −1.34 −2.52-(−0.16) 0.03 3.54 −5.97–13.06 0.46 1.81 0.3–1.97 0.2
Income
 Less than $25,000 0 0 0
 $25,000 - $74,999 0.85 −0.55–2.24 0.23 −4.87 −14.74–4.97 0.33 −0.88 −2.52–0.76 0.29
 $75,000 and greater 1.88 0.27–3.49 0.02 0.8 −10.61–12.21 0.89 0.18 −1.61–1.97 0.84
Metastasized
 NA 0 0 0
 No −0.6 −1.93–0.72 0.37 3.4 −5.09–11.89 0.43 0.31 −1.64–2.25 0.76
 Yes −0.02 −0.95–0.91 0.96 0.49 −6.64–7.62 0.89 0.38 −0.94–1.7 0.57