Table 4.
Multivariate analyses of variations in quality of life derived from FACT-B (coefficients)
| Independent variable | Quality of life | BCS | FWB | EWB | SWB | PWB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (in a unit of years) | −0.01 | |||||
| Married (vs. others) | 0.74* | |||||
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| Illiteracy and primary school | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
| Junior high school | 3.09* | 0.48* | 0.25 | 0.79** | 0.22 | |
| Senior high school | 4.24* | 0.56* | 0.33 | 0.65* | 0.25 | |
| College or above | 2.80 | −0.23 | 0.45 | 0.84* | 0.18 | |
| Urban (vs. rural) | − 0.03 | |||||
| Medical insurance | ||||||
| New rural cooperative scheme and others | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
| Urban employees | 1.58 | −0.01 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.51* | |
| Urban residents | 4.58* | 0.51 | 0.23 | 0.61* | 0.98** | |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Unemployed | Ref. | |||||
| Retired | −0.12 | |||||
| Blue-collar | −0.54 | |||||
| White-collar | −0.23 | |||||
| Household income | ||||||
| < 30,000 RMB | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| 30,000–80,000 RMB | 0.03 | −0.36 | ||||
| > 80,000 RMB | 0.87** | 0.22 | ||||
| Inpatients (vs. outpatients) | −9.25*** | −0.48 | −0.46 | − 0.94** | − 0.74* | −1.50*** |
| TNM stage | ||||||
| 0 and I | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| II | −2.59 | −0.29 | 0.05 | − 0.28 | ||
| III | −3.26 | −0.29 | 0.01 | −0.27 | ||
| IV | −3.63 | 0.29 | −0.45 | 0.12 | ||
| Surgery | ||||||
| No surgery | Ref. | |||||
| Breast-conserving surgery | 0.66 | |||||
| Modified radical surgery | 0.27 | |||||
| Radiotherapy (yes vs. no) | −9.25*** | 0.32 | ||||
| Targeted therapy (yes vs. no) | 0.46 | |||||
| Endocrine therapy (yes vs. no) | −0.52 | 0.02 | ||||
| State | ||||||
| P | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| S | −0.16 | 0.21 | 0.30 | − 0.11 | − 0.29 | 0.17 |
| R | −9.45** | −0.07 | −0.98* | − 0.91 | −1.41** | −0.67 |
| M | −6.72* | −0.05 | −0.59 | −1.07* | − 0.82* | −0.46 |
***p < .001; **p < .01; *p < .05
Variables without coefficients did not make statistically significant difference in univariate analyses (results not presented here); therefore, they were not introduced into multivariate analyses