TABLE 2.
Univariate Analyses
Spearman ρ Correlation Coefficients | |||||||
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1. Negative Economic Events | 2. Cost‐Coping Behaviors | 3. COST | 4. Age at Survey | 5. Income | 6. Time Since Treatment | 7. Education | |
1 | — | 0.49 a | –0.59 a | –0.11 | –0.38 a | 0.05 | –0.28 a |
2 | — | –0.53 a | –0.17 b | –0.20 c | 0.10 | –0.23 c | |
3 | — | 0.16 b | 0.47 a | 0.01 | 0.31 a | ||
4 | — | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.16 b | |||
5 | — | 0.13 | 0.33 a | ||||
6 | 0.01 |
Demographic Associations (t/χ2) | ||||||
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Age at Survey d | Time Since Treatment e | Race/Ethnicity f | Income at Survey g | Highest Education h | Full‐Time Employment i | |
Experienced ≥1 negative economic events | 2.1 b | 0.4 | 0.4 | 9.7 c | 4.2 b | 4.0 b |
Engaged in ≥1 cost‐coping behaviors | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 6.2 b | 6.7 c | 0.02 |
Lacking money for medical expenses | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.09 | 4.6 b | 7.3 c | 2.4 |
Job loss or furlough | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 9.5 c | 0.05 | 6.8 c |
Credit card debt increase | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 4.3 c | 14.1 a | 2.6 |
Skipping medical test, treatment, or follow‐up | 3.1 c | –1.2 | 0.05 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
Not seeing provider for health problem | 1.4 | –0.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 5.3 b | 1.0 |
Not seeing a needed specialist | 1.7 | –3.1 c | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.002 |
Postponing preventative care | 0.008 | –1.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
Postponing mental health care | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.02 |
Not filling a prescription | 2.7 c | 1.2 | 5.2 b | 7.7 c | 18.7 a | 11.4 c |
Taking a smaller dose than prescribed | 0.7 | 0.008 | 6.6 b | 5.3 b | 14.5 a | 2.9 |
Abbreviation: COST, Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity.
P < .001.
P < .05.
P < .01.
df = 194 (t test).
df = 110 (t test).
Non‐Hispanic White versus non‐White and/or Hispanic (χ2 test).
Less than $50,000 versus $50,000 or more annually (χ2 test).
Less than a bachelor's degree versus a bachelor's degree or higher (χ2 test).
Yes versus no (χ2 test).