Table 2.
Associations of cancer-related psychosocial factors with dietary change from diagnosis until 18 months after initial treatment among gynecological cancer survivors (N = 216)
| Eating healthier | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IOCv2 scale (1–5) | Adjusted for socio-demographic/clinical confounders | Adjusted for socio-demographic/clinical confounders and GI symptoms | ||
| OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value | |
| Health awareness | 1.27 (0.87; 1.86) | 0.21a,b | 1.07 (0.71; 1.61) | 0.75a,b,e |
| Meaning of cancer | 0.94 (0.59; 1.49) | 0.80c,d | 0.86 (0.53; 1.39) | 0.53c,d,e |
| Appearance concerns | 1.03 (0.69; 1.54) | 0.87a,b | 0.92 (0.60; 1.41) | 0.69a,b,e |
| Body change concerns | 1.18 (0.85; 1.64) | 0.32b,c | 1.00 (0.69; 1.46) | 1.00b,c,e |
| Life interferences | 1.01 (0.62; 1.65) | 0.97b,d | * | * |
| Worry | 1.19 (0.80; 1.75) | 0.39a,b | 0.96 (0.63; 1.48) | 0.86a,b,e |
*Not adjusted for gastrointestinal symptoms as the content of the scale includes complaints as a consequence of cancer(treatment)
Confounders:
aSocio-economic status
bType of cancer
cBMI
dTumor stage
eGastrointestinal symptoms (GI)
Confounders’ selection was based on relevant change in regression coefficient (> 10%) (2 most relevant confounders were added to the model) and a priori selection (gastrointestinal symptoms)