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. 2022 Oct 18;12:983704. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.983704

Table 7.

Analysis of factors affecting the quality of life of spouses in patients with breast cancer.

Variable EQ-5D Health utility score EQ-VAS Score
Coef. SE t 95%CI Coef. SE t 95%CI
Social support score * 0.004 0.002 2.300 (0.001,0.007) 0.328 0.194 1.690 (-0.058,0.713)
Age (≤44)a
44-59 4.533 2.541 1.780 (-0.523,9.589)
≥60 1.795 4.158 0.430 (-6.477,10.068)
Marital status (first marriage)a
remarry 0.084 0.050 1.700 (-0.014,0.183)
Whether you have chronic disease (yes)a
no 4.122 3.064 1.350 (-1.973, 10.218)
unclear 7.504 4.745 1.580 (-1.973,10.218)
Spouse breast cancer staging (Stage I)a
Stage II 0.035 0.024 1.480 (-0.001,0.101) 2.533 3.015 0.840 (-3.467,8.532)
Stage III 0.021 0.033 0.064 (-0.044,0.087) -1.126 3.980 -0.280 (-9.045,6.794)
Stage IV 0.006 0.053 0.120 (-0.099,0.113) -8.343 6.340 -1.320 (-20.957,4.272)
Think breast cancer is cured(unknown)a
Yes 0.035 0.024 1.480 (-0.012,0.083) 1.578 2.784 0.570 (-3.962,7.118)
No 0.009 0.044 0.210 (-0.012,0.083) -1.338 5.233 -0.260 (-11.750,9.074)
Life span (unknown)a
1-5 years -0.082 0.050 -1.660 (-0.181,0.016) -4.348 6.004 -0.720 (-16.294,7.599)
5-10 years -0.027 0.033 -0.820 (-0.091,0.038) -2.644 3.859 -0.690 (-10.322,5.034)
More than 10 years -0.012 0.022 -0.540 (-0.057,0.033) 1.151 2.778 0.410 (-4.376,6.677)
Treatment effect
Useful* 0.057 0.026 2.180 (0.005,0.109) 7.056 3.106 2.270 (0.876,13.236)
Useless 0.090 0.071 1.280 (-0.050,0.231) 9.611 8.363 1.150 (-7.029,26.251)
No pressure about treatment feea
Expensive, stressful 0.017 0.029 0.580 (-0.041,0.074)
Expensive, a lot of stressful -0.009 0.033 -0.260 (-0.073,0.056)
Annual income per person (≤5,000 RMB)a
5,000-10,000 RMB -5.961 4.060 -1.470 (-14.039,2.116)
10,000-50,000 RMB* -8.969 3.367 -2.660 (-15.669,-2.269)
≥50,000 RMB -5.170 4.276 -1.210 (-13.677,3.337)
Intercept * 0.587 0.086 6.850 (0.416,0.757) 56.961 9.155 6.220 (38.745,75.176)

*P<0.05. aComparison groups.