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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2020 Nov 23;127(3):467–475. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33286

TABLE 3.

Differences in FACT-G Scores Associated With the Presence of Social Needs

Mean FACT-G 95% CI Adjustecd
Mutually Adjusted
FACT-G Difference 95% CI FACT-G Difference 95% CI

Food insecurity No 83.7 82.8 to 84.5
Yes 66.6 64.2 to 69.1 −10.1 −12.7 to −7.4 −4.3 −7.2 to −1.4
Utility shutoff No 82.4 81.6 to 83.3
Yes 68.0 64.8 to 71.7 −8.6 −11.7 to −5.4 −2.9 −6.2 to 0.3
Housing instability No 83.2 82.4 to 84.1
Yes 64.7 62.0 to 67.3 −11.3 −14.2 to −8.4 −6.2 −9.2 to −3.1
No doctor, transportation No 83.1 82.2 to 83.9
Yes 64.2 61.3 to 67.1 −12.2 −15.2 to −9.3 −6.8 −10.0 to −3.6
No doctor, cost No 82.4 81.5 to 83.3
Yes 72.1 69.5 to 74.7 −6.7 −9.2 to −4.1 −2.8 −5.4 to −0.2
Feel unsafe in neighborhood No 82.5 81.7 to 83.4
Yes 67.6 64.5 to 70.7 −9.8 −12.7 to −6.9 −7.0 −9.8 to −4.1
No. of social needs None 86.4 85.5 to 87.3
1 76.3 74.4 to 78.3 −6.7 −8.8 to −4.6
≥2 65.9 63.7 to 68.2 −14.0 −16.5 to −11.4

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–General.

Adjusted models control for age, sex, education, income, employment, marital status, and census-tract poverty.