Table 3:
Multivariable Logistic Modeling of Survivor/Partner Worry at 4 Years
| Survivor Worry | Partner Worry | Pair Worry~ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survivor/Partner Characteristic | Model 1 OR |
Model 2 OR |
Model 3 OR |
Model 4 OR |
Model 5 OR |
Model 6 OR |
| Antecedent Factors | ||||||
| Personal Factors | ||||||
| Race | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White (ref) | * | * | ** | ** | * | ** |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.23 | 0.24 |
| Latino (higher acculturation) | 1.62 | 1.63 | 2.67 | 3.05 | 1.97 | 2.43 |
| Latino (lower acculturation) | 2.22 | 1.85 | 3.02 | 2.96 | 2.17 | 1.95 |
| Age | ||||||
| Under 50 (ref) | * | * | ||||
| 50–65 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 1.15 | 1.17 | 0.74 | 0.67 |
| 65 and over | 0.31 | 0.36 | 1.02 | 1.16 | 0.48 | 0.52 |
| Education | ||||||
| High School Diploma or Less (ref) | ||||||
| Some college or more | 0.94 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 0.644 | 0.60 |
| Illness-Related Factors † | ||||||
| Current Health | ||||||
| Good or better (ref) | * | * | ** | * | ||
| Fair or worse | 2.31 | 2.23 | 1.03 | 1.10 | 2.89 | 2.58 |
| Comorbidities (at time 2) | ||||||
| 0 (ref) | ** | * | ||||
| 1 or more | 1.33 | 1.16 | 2.13 | 1.95 | 0.82 | 0.93 |
| Stage | ||||||
| Stage 0 (ref) | ||||||
| Stage 1–2 | 1.54 | 1.64 | 0.64 | 0.57 | 1.26 | 1.03 |
| Stage 3 | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.35 |
| Surgery type | ||||||
| Lumpectomy (ref) | ||||||
| Unilateral mastectomy | 0.64 | 0.64 | 1.11 | 1.10 | 1.35 | 1.29 |
| Bilateral mastectomy | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.75 | 0.78 |
| Radiation Therapy | ||||||
| No (ref) | ||||||
| Yes | 0.90 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 1.02 | 1.18 | 1.41 |
| Chemotherapy | ||||||
| No (ref) | ** | ** | ||||
| Yes | 0.87 | 0.90 | 2.47 | 2.77 | 1.23 | 1.76 |
| Proximal Outcomes | ||||||
| Enough Info about Risk of Recurrence | ||||||
| No (ref) | ||||||
| Yes | - | 0.65 | - | 0.80 | - | 1.22 |
| Emotional Support From Health Care | ||||||
| None/ A little (ref) | * | * | ||||
| Some/ Quite a bit/ A lot | - | 0.56 | - | 0.85 | - | 0.45 |
* and **
indicate that there is a significant association between worry about recurrence and the characteristic based on adjusted logistic regression with * for p<0.05 and ** for p<0.01
Bolded items denote characteristics that are significant compared to the reference category for characteristics that are significant overall with p<0.05
†
Stage, surgery type, radiation, and chemotherapy are survivor’s characteristics.
~
Using antecedent and illness-related factors of survivors.