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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2020 Oct 9;127(1):149–159. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33259

Table 3:

Adjusted analyses showing the associations of factors with patient-caregiver prognostic estimates (Caregiver model)

Variables Patients reporting a longer estimate Agreement Caregivers reporting a longer estimate
Patient variables β 95% CI P-value β 95% CI P-value
Cognition Impaired 0.24 (−0.42, 0.89) 0.48 Ref −0.74 (−1.53, 0.05) 0.07
Polypharmacy Screened positive vs. negative 0.78 (0.28, 1.27) 0.002 Ref 0.87 (0.27, 1.46) 0.004
Psychological Health Impaired −0.05 (−0.56, 0.45) 0.83 Ref 0.67 (0.12, 1.22) 0.02
PEPPI −0.008 (−0.10, 0.08) 0.87 Ref −0.09 (−0.17, −0.02) 0.01
Caregiver variables
Age −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01) 0.38 Ref 0.02 (−0.01, 0.04) 0.14
Gender Female vs Male −0.36 (−0.84, 0.13) 0.15 Ref −0.80 (−1.52, −0.08) 0.03
Race Non-White vs. White −0.17 (−1.10, 0.75) 0.71 Ref −0.09 (−1.27, 1.10) 0.88
Education <High school vs. Some college or above −0.08 (−1.03, 0.87) 0.87 Ref −0.96 (−2.22, 0.29) 0.13
<High school vs. high school graduate 0.005 (−0.54, 0.55) 0.99 Ref 0.27 (−0.35, 0.87) 0.39
Distress 0.11 (0.02, 0.19) 0.01 Ref 0.03 (−0.03, 0.10) 0.31
Oncologist variables
Physician gender Female vs Male −0.36 (−0.84, 0.13) 0.15 Ref −0.80 (−1.52, −0.08) 0.03

Abbreviations: CI, Confidence Interval; PEPPI, Perceived Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interactions