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Table 2 Results of the logistic multilevel analysis

From: Use of social service counseling by cancer patients: an analysis of quality assurance data of 6339 breast cancer patients from 13 certified centers in Germany treated between 2015 and 2017

Variable

Response option

OR

p-value

95 CI

Patient characteristics

 Intercept

 

0.82

.94

0.01–101.70

  Sex

Female

Reference

Male

0.32

<.001

0.16–0.64

  Age

Younger than 35 years

1.30

.46

0.64–2.63

35–44 years

1.09

.63

0.77–1.54

45–54 years

1.15

.22

0.92–1.45

55–64 years

Reference

65–74 years

1.25

.05

1.00–1.56

75–84 years

1.01

.93

0.81–1.27

Older than 84 years

0.57

.002

0.40–0.81

  Prior cancer diagnosis

Yes

0.71

.10

0.47–1.07

No

Reference

  T-staging

TIS/DCIS

0.47

<.001

0.28–0.49

Invasive breast cancer

Reference

TX

1.31

.63

0.44–3.93

  N-staging

N0

Reference

> N0

1.07

.47

0.90–1.28

NX

0.78

.13

0.56–1.08

  M-staging

M0

Reference

M1

0.98

.89

0.70–1.35

  Both breasts affected (metachronous and synchronous)

No

Reference

Yes

1.48

.03

1.03–2.11

  Therapy type

Surgery with recommendation for chemotherapy

1.12

.25

0.92–1.36

Surgery without recommendation for chemotherapy

Reference

No surgery

0.08

<.001

0.06–0.11

  Date of diagnosis

2015

1.56

<.001

1.31–1.85

2016

Reference

2017

2.81

<.001

2.33–3.41

 Center characteristics

  Municipality

<  20,000 population

1.94

.53

0.25–14.96

20,000–100,000 population

Reference

>  100,000 population

1.51

.56

0.38–6.10

  Teaching status

None

0.26

.24

0.03–2.38

Academic

Reference

University

0.28

.42

0.01–6.30

  Ownership

Not-for-profit

Reference

Private

2.47

.50

0.18–33.22

  Number of primary cases

Continuous

1.02

.12

1.00–1.04

  Years since first certification

Continuous

0.91

.46

0.72–1.16

  N patients

6339

   

  N centers

13

   

  ICC (nullmodel)

0.20 (0.24)

   
  1. Note: OR odds ratios, 95 CI 95%-confidence intervals, TIS tumor in situ, DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient