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. 2021 Oct;50(10):2017–2027. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v50i10.7502

Table 6:

Association between characteristics and anxiety in cancer patients

Variables Beck score p

95% CI for Exp (B) (lower–upper) Odds ratio
Age 0.07–0.27 0.18 0.001
Gender 1.6–2.2 1.9 0.349
Education 0.3–1.6 0.93 0.004
Employment 0.7–15.1 7.90 0.032
Health in general 4.9–10.2 7.60 <0.001
Long-term illness 7.5–24.5 16.1 <0.001
Activity restriction 3.8–8.9 6.40 <0.001
Hypertension 0.5–2.0 1.28 0.001
Difficulties in performing daily activities 1.8–4.5 3.17 <0.001
Influence of the pain on activities performance 0.7–2.5 1.59 <0.001
The need for additional help with activities 2.3–6.3 4.32 <0.001
The need for help at home 1.8–5.3 3.56 <0.001
Presence of tension/stress 3.7–5.9 4.80 <0.001
Using daily hospital 0.05–7.6 3.76 0.043
Using home care 1.5–9.4 5.46 0.008
Using emergency help 5.6–12.8 9.29 <0.001
Unmet health care needs 0.5–7.5 3.53 0.032
Activity 0.6–5.4 3.02 0.016
Media 0.9–6.7 3.84 0.011
Social support 0.4–3.6 2.03 0.015