Table 4 Predictors of Quality of life and Distress
From: The patient-level effect of the cost of Cancer care – financial burden in German Cancer patients
Multiple linear regression | ||
|---|---|---|
QoL (n = 216) regression coefficient B (standard error) | Distress (n = 213) regression coefficient B (standard error) | |
(Intercept) | 3.86 (0.71)* | 3.70 (1.36)* |
Primary tumor (CRC = 0, NET = 1) | 0.36 (0.21) | 0.11 (0.40) |
Sex (m = 0, f = 1) | 0.06 (0.19) | 1.08 (0.37)* |
Age | 0.00 (0.01) | −0.00 (0.02) |
Number of children living in household | 0.08 (0.13) | −0.37 (0.25) |
Unemployed (no = 0, yes = 1) | −0.33 (0.31) | − 0.75 (0.60) |
Retired (no = 0, yes = 1) | 0.09 (0.24) | −0.66 (0.46) |
Private health insurance (no = 0, yes = 1) | 0.33 (0.20) | −0.80 (0.39)* |
Intensity of therapy | −0.32 (0.32) | 1.00 (0.61) |
Duration of therapy | 0.06 (0.08) | −0.15 (0.14) |
Duration of illness | −0.00 (0.00) | 0.01 (0.00) |
Financial loss relative to income | −0.02 (0.00)* | 0.02 (0.01)* |
R2 | 0.16 | 0.17 |
Adj. R2 | 0.11 | 0.11 |