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Table 3 Univariate analyses and adjusted proportional hazard regression analyses of PTGI and HADS

From: Prognostic value of quality of life score in disease-free survivors of surgically-treated lung cancer

Variable

 

No. of deaths/No. of participants

Crude HR

95 % CI

aHRa

95 % CI

PTGI

        

 Relation to others

≥23

35/332

1

  

1

  

<23

61/477

1.24

0.82

1.88

1.26

0.83

1.92

 New possibilities

≥18

13/177

1

  

1

  

<18

77/578

1.88

1.04

3.38

1.73

0.94

3.18

 Personal strength

≥15

14/237

1

  

1

  

<15

82/572

2.56

1.45

4.5

2.43

1.35

4.38

 Spiritual change

≥5

40/407

1

  

1

  

<5

56/402

1.45

0.97

2.18

1.34

0.89

2.02

 Appreciation of life

≥11

33/361

1

  

1

  

<11

63/448

1.59

1.04

2.42

1.47

0.96

2.25

Total

≥71

23/279

1

  

1

  

<71

73/526

1.75

1.1

2.8

1.67

1.03

2.69

HADS

        

 Anxiety

<8

59/634

1

  

1

  

≥8

36/170

2.41

1.6

3.65

2.55

1.68

3.87

 Depression

<8

45/490

1

  

1

  

≥8

51/313

1.83

1.23

2.74

1.73

1.16

2.6

  1. Abbreviations: HR hazard ratio, aHR adjusted hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, PTGI posttraumatic growth inventory, HADS hospital anxiety and depression scale
  2. aMultiple proportional hazard regression analysis adjusted with age, sex, education, income, employment status, stage, comorbidity, BMI, alcohol drinking, current smoking, MET, treatment type, years from survey date to diagnosis date