. 2022 Apr 7;13:828422. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.828422

Table 3.

Associations between patient and partner characteristics and sexual activity at baseline.

	OR_crude	OR_adj (95%-CI)^a	OR_SDadj (95%-CI)^a
PATIENT
Demographic and health characteristics
Age (per year)	0.96^***	0.96 (0.94, 0.98)^***	0.65 (0.53, 0.81)^***
Charlson Comorbidity Index (ref. no comorbidity (0)): comorbidity (≥1)	0.75	0.85 (0.61, 1.19)	0.85 (0.61, 1.19)
Breast cancer treatment
Type of surgery (ref. mastectomy): lumpectomy	0.93	1.01 (0.71, 1.43)	1.01 (0.71, 1.43)
Allocated to chemotherapy (ref. no): yes	1.43^*	0.86 (0.59, 1.25)	0.86 (0.59, 1.25)
Allocated to endocrine treatment (ref. no): yes	1.12	1.13 (0.80, 1.58)	1.13 (0.80, 1.58)
Quality of life-related factors
Depressive symptoms^b	0.97^**	0.96 (0.95, 0.98)^***	0.69 (0.63, 0.83)^***
Pain in arm, breast or shoulder area^b	0.94	0.91 (0.77, 1.07)	0.92 (0.79, 1.06)
Vitality^b	1.01^***	1.02 (1.01, 1.03)^***	1.55 (1.25, 1.93)^***
Body image^b	1.01	0.99 (0.96, 1.01)	0.94 (0.78, 1.06)
Relationship-related factors
Satisfaction with dyadic coping^b	1.19^***	1.22 (1.12, 1.32)^***	1.46 (1.24, 1.69)^***
Emotional closeness^b	1.75^***	1.92 (1.56, 2.35)^***	1.69 (1.43, 1.98)^***
Affectionate behavior [ref. infrequent (<3)]: frequent (≥3)	3.00^***	3.16 (2.19, 4.55)^***	3.16 (2.19, 4.55)^***
PARTNER
Demographic and health characteristics
Age (per year)	0.96^***	0.97 (0.94, 1.01)	0.72 (0.51, 1.11)
Charlson Comorbidity Index [ref. no comorbidity (0)]: comorbidity (≥1)	0.69^*	0.82 (0.60, 1.13)	0.82 (0.60, 1.13)
Quality of life-related factors
Depressive symptoms^b	0.98^*	0.98 (0.96, 0.99)^*	0.85 (0.71, 0.92)^*
Relationship-related factors
Satisfaction with dyadic coping^b	1.13^**	1.17 (1.07, 1.27)^***	1.35 (1.14, 1.57)^***
Emotional closeness^b	1.69^***	1.93 (1.56, 2.38)^***	1.69 (1.43, 2.00)^***
Affectionate behavior [ref. infrequent (<3)]: frequent (≥3)	3.49^***	3.76 (2.60, 5.43)^***	3.76 (2.60, 5.43)^***

OR, Odds Ratio; OR_SD, Odds Ratio measured in units of sample SD for continuous covariates; ref., reference category.

Adjusted for patient age, type of surgery and chemotherapy.

Per scale unit (resp. SD) increase.

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01

^***

p < 0.001.