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Table 3 Factors associated with anxiety and depressiona in younger cancer survivorsb

From: Anxiety and depression in working-age cancer survivors: a register-based study

 

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βe

p f

Anxietya

 Female

Male

.082

<.001

 Age

-

−.090

<.001

 Social supportc

-

−.130

<.001

 Diagnosis skin cancer

breast

−.041

.027

 Physical health

-

−.284

<.001

 General family functioning

-

.300

<.001

Depressiona

 Employed

unemployed

−.070

<.001

 One treatment modality

None

−.064

.001

 Two treatment modalities

None

−.034

.055

 Diagnosis female genital organs

breast

.036

.029

 Diagnosis male genital organs

breast

.051

.003

 Diagnosis hematological cancer

breast

.032

.049

 Diagnosis other cancer entity

breast

.058

.001

 Time since diagnosisd

-

−.032

.041

 Social supportc

-

−.206

<.001

 Physical health

-

−.354

<.001

 General family functioning

-

.336

<.001

  1. aAccording to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
  2. bmissing values were excluded listwise, n = 2190 participants included into regression analyses; UICC staging was not included into analyses due to missing data in approximately 30% of the cases
  3. cAccording to the OSLO Social Support Scale
  4. din months
  5. eβ value: standardized beta-coefficient
  6. f p value determined according to stepwise-backward linear regression