The supportive care needs of women experiencing gynaecological cancer: a Western Australian cross-sectional study

BMC Cancer

Table 6 Multivariate results from a linear regression analysis of perceived need

	Health system and information needs		Psychological needs		Sexuality needs		Physical and daily living needs		Patient care and support needs
	Estimate (Std Error)	P-value	Estimate (Std Error)	P-value	Estimate (Std Error)	P-value	Estimate (Std Error)	P-value	Estimate (Std Error)	P-value
(Intercept)	0.178 (0.138)	0.197	0.065 (0.097)	0.507	−0.254 (0.261)	0.332	0.068 (0.135)	0.614	−0.038 (0.095)	0.645
Age group
Under 35	0.029 (0.179)	0.873	0.154 (0.179)	0.393	−0.219 (0.163)	0.181	0.114 (0.175)	0.515
55 up to 75	−0.432 (0.122)	< 0.001	−0.422 (0.117)	< 0.001	− 0.632 (0.106)	< 0.001	−0.313 (0.119)	0.009
75 and over	−0.643 (0.226)	0.005	−0.607 (0.214)	0.005	−0.905 (0.199)	< 0.001	−0.173 (0.221)	0.433
Overall		< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001		0.024
Relationship status
In a relationship - not living together									0.781 (0.209)	< 0.001
In a relationship - living together									−0.193 (0.127)	0.121
Overall										0.001
Sexually active	−0.24 (0.116)	0.04					−0.393 (0.114)	0.001	−0.393 (0.121)	0.006
Partner support
Somewhat supportive					0.295 (0.288)	0.306
Quite supportive					0.421 (0.228)	0.066
Extremely supportive					0.414 (0.213)	0.053
Not applicable					−0.224 (0.218)	0.305
Overall						< 0.001
Cancer has reoccurred			0.41 (0.176)	0.021					0.762 (0.177)	< 0.001
Had surgery					0.298 (0.141)	0.035
Had chemotherapy	0.282 (0.111)	0.012			0.225 (0.102)	0.029	0.416 (0.108)	< 0.001
Had radiation	0.273 (0.114)	0.017	0.349 (0.112)	0.002	0.346 (0.117)	0.003	0.43 (0.111)	< 0.001

Significant variables only. The reference category for age is ‘35 up to 55 years old’. The reference category for relationship status is ‘not in a relationship’ and ‘little or no support’ for partner support

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