Colorectal cancer survivors: an investigation of symptom burden and influencing factors

BMC Cancer

Table 5 Summary of results from multivariable models: statistically significant relationships between higher symptom scores and multiple demographic/clinical variables^a

Symptom	Bivariate Relationships	Multivariate Relationships
Abdominal pain	≤54 years Current stoma Female gender Rectal cancer	≤54 years Rectal cancer
Insomnia	Female gender Current stoma	Female gender Current stoma
Diarrhoea	Rectal cancer Previous stoma	Rectal cancer
Appetite loss	Female gender Current stoma	Female gender Current stoma
Buttock pain	≤54 years Rectal cancer Previous stoma	≤54 years Rectal cancer Previous stoma
Sore skin	55–64 years Current stoma	Current stoma
Urinary frequency	Male gender ≥65 years	≥65 years
Urinary incontinence	Rectal cancer Current stoma	Rectal cancer Current stoma

^aThere were no other significant bivariate or multivariate relationships for all other symptoms

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