Association between self-perception of aging, view of cancer and health of older patients in oncology: a one-year longitudinal study

Table 2 Best fit model for the estimate rate change of health after backward elimination for SPA and view of cancer, baseline scores

Characteristics		Global health			Physical health				Mental health
Characteristics		Coeff.	SE	t	p	Coeff.	SE	t	p	Coeff.	SE	t	p
SPA (baseline)		.38	.099	3.808	< .001	.37	.1	3.587	< .001	.53	.11	4.887	< .001
View of cancer (baseline)		.359	.13	2.735	< .001	.3	.14	2.204	.03	.49	.14	3.463	< .001
Carcinoma staging^a		−7.37	3.34	−2.21	.03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chemotherapy^b		−7.31	1.57	−4.66	< .001	−7.49	1.74	−4.33	< .0001	−7.6	2.04	−3.718	< .001
Gender^c		8.13	3.74	2.17	.03	13.08	5.05	2.591	.01	-	-	-	-
Cancer site^d	Lung (vs breast)	-	-	-	-	−6.63	4.35	−1.525	.13	5	3.45	1.451	.15
	Gynecological (vs breast)	-	-	-	-	−4.54	3.16	−1.439	.15	−10.09	3.33	−3.03	.003
	Hematological (vs breast)	-	-	-	-	−17.68	6.3	−2.806	.006	.41	6.3	0.06	.95
Kind of cancer^e		-	-	-	-	7.7	3.81	2.023	.046	-	-	-	-
Comorbidities		-	-	-	-	−1.69	.082	−4.33	< .001	-	-	-	-
REML criterion at convergence		2349.1				2375				2472

^a0 = non-metastatic, 1 = metastatic; ^b0 = no treatment, 1 = treatment; ^c0 = women, 1 = men; ^d0 = breast cancer, 1 = lung, gynecological or hematological; ^e0 = initial cancer, 1 = recurrent cancer

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