Unmet needs of 1210 Chinese breast cancer survivors and associated factors: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Bu, Xiaofan; Jin, Cai; Fan, Rongrong; Cheng, Andy S. K.; Ng, Peter H. F.; Xia, Yimin; Liu, Xiangyu

doi:10.1186/s12885-022-09224-w

BMC Cancer

Table 5 The result of multiple regression analysis by needs

From: Unmet needs of 1210 Chinese breast cancer survivors and associated factors: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Variable	symptom burden		function		health behavior		financial strain		healthcare-seeking skills		Total needs
	β	T	β	T	β	T	β	T	β	T	β	T
Age group (reference: < 40), y
40–49	−0.088	−3.32^*	0.035	0.941	−0.094	−2.911^*	−0.017	−0.593	−0.035	−0.979	−0.082	−2.981^*
50–59	−0.123	−4.499^*	0.039	1.019	−0.068	−2.055^*	−0.08	−2.658^*	−0.017	−0.459	−0.118	−4.133^*
≥ 60	−0.097	−4.133^*	−0.045	−1.353	−0.062	−2.141^*	−0.046	−1.752*	0.01	0.323	−0.081	−3.286^*
Time since diagnosis (reference: < 12), months
13–24	−0.117	−4.347^*	0.048	1.269	−0.121	−3.671^*	− 0.029	− 0.964	− 0.015	− 0.409	−0.075	− 2.681^*
25–60	− 0.068	− 2.578^*	0.112	3.05^*	− 0.121	− 3.788^*	− 0.027	− 0.932	− 0.031	−0.867	− 0.048	−1.739
> 61	−0.024	−1.151	0.05	1.697^*	−0.011	−0.444	0.042	1.785	0.018	0.639	0.005	0.227
Education level (reference: Primary school)
Secondary school	−0.015	−0.552	− 0.043	−1.147	0.021	0.633	− 0.047	−1.597	− 0.055	− 1.507	− 0.032	−1.13
High school or technical secondary school	0.077	2.786^*	−0.027	− 0.689	0.079	2.339^*	0.019	0.621	0.055	1.463	0.058	2.003^*
University	0.035	1.14	0.015	0.34	−0.013	− 0.333	− 0.004	− 0.125	0.042	0.997	0.021	0.652
Master degree or above	0.033	1.622	−0.058	−2.014^*	− 0.003	− 0.107	0.029	1.298	0.068	2.44^*	0.035	1.658
Employment status (reference: unemployed)
Employed	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Occupation (reference: unemployed)
Public Institution	0.054	2.388^*	0	−0.015	0.057	2.05^*	−0.013	− 0.534	0.018	0.594	0.104	4.389^*
privately or individually-owned business	−0.014	− 0.721	0.02	0.745	0.037	1.561	−0.013	− 0.593	− 0.026	−0.999	0.004	0.218
Worker	0.036	1.797	−0.009	−0.33	0.068	2.833^*	−0.036	−1.659	0.019	0.712	0.044	2.112^*
Farmer	0.013	0.668	0.034	1.246	0.043	1.817	−0.023	−1.079	−0.01	− 0.388	0.002	0.116
Private enterprise	0.043	2.127^*	−0.011	− 0.38	0.038	1.528	0.019	0.874	0.049	1.782	0.084	3.998^*
Place of residence (reference: village)
City	0.033	1.211	0.038	0.987	0.031	0.927	0.001	0.026	0.053	1.404	0.046	1.609
Township	0.01	0.416	−0.025	− 0.77	− 0.035	−1.249	0.024	0.95	0.016	0.506	0.027	1.1
Family income status(RMB/month/per person)(reference: < 2000)
2000–4999	− 0.189	−6.487^*	0.08	1.95	0.024	0.677	−0.179	−5.565^*	− 0.094	−2.385^*	− 0.188	−6.167^*
5000–9999	− 0.305	−9.322^*	0.22	4.803^*	− 0.105	−2.627^*	− 0.568	−15.739^*	− 0.251	−5.655^*	− 0.374	− 10.955^*
10,000–19,999	−0.285	−9.7^*	0.207	5.049^*	−0.097	− 2.701^*	− 0.545	− 16.818^*	− 0.296	−7.446^*	− 0.357	− 11.646^*
≥ 20,000	−0.06	−2.958^*	0.089	3.15^*	−0.002	−0.087	− 0.11	−4.934^*	−0.021	− 0.768	− 0.072	−3.394^*
Payment (reference: free medical treatment)
Medical insurance	−0.068	− 1.066	− 0.052	− 0.585	− 0.191	− 2.472^*	− 0.063	− 0.903	− 0.04	− 0.461	− 0.072	− 1.098
New rural cooperative medical insurance	− 0.075	− 1.124	− 0.04	− 0.427	− 0.144	− 1.777	− 0.04	− 0.544	− 0.022	− 0.245	− 0.067	− 0.968
Self-paying	−0.07	− 1.839	− 0.056	−1.045	− 0.076	− 1.63	0.005	0.13	0	− 0.005	− 0.039	− 0.987
Serious disease insurance or commercial Insurance	−0.106	− 2.784^*	0.024	0.458	−0.144	−3.093^*	− 0.079	− 1.881	− 0.111	− 2.141^*	− 0.118	− 2.97^*
Stage of breast cancer (reference: I)
II	−0.003	− 0.106	− 0.085	− 2.206^*	− 0.06	−1.79	0.049	1.615	0.008	0.213	0.012	0.413
III	−0.005	− 0.179	− 0.058	−1.519	− 0.065	− 1.977^*	0.046	1.517	0.038	1.029	0.005	0.165
IV	0.048	2.088^*	−0.081	−2.511^*	− 0.045	− 1.605	0.063	2.47^*	0.039	1.262	0.049	2.046^*
Treatment (reference: surgery)
Surgery + chemotherapy	0.089	2.438^*	−0.114	−2.219^*	− 0.049	−1.105	0.056	1.376	0.042	0.843	0.059	1.555
Surgery + radiation therapy	0.012	0.608	−0.015	−0.546	0.007	0.269	0.012	0.52	0.029	1.058	0.015	0.716
Surgery + chemotherapy + radiation therapy	0.139	4.188^*	−0.1	−2.153^*	−0.002	− 0.054	0.122	3.343^*	0.022	0.499	0.1	2.903^*
Surgery + chemotherapy + radiation therapy + hormone therapy	0.215	6.517^*	−0.118	−2.556^*	0.025	0.613	0.151	4.171^*	0.095	2.123^*	0.174	5.076^*
Surgery + targeted therapy	0.095	4.049^*	−0.074	−2.231^*	0.025	0.857	0.041	1.589	0.066	2.061^*	0.08	3.251^*
Others*	0.133	3.987^*	−0.05	−1.079	−0.037	− 0.899	0.129	3.494^*	0.08	1.773	0.111	3.189^*
Family history of cancer (reference: no)
Yes	0.052	2.703^*	−0.047	−1.749	− 0.041	− 1.729	0.016	0.766	0.049	1.866	0.048	2.4^*
Pain (reference: mild)
Moderate	0.313	14.452^*	−0.175	−5.761^*	0.105	3.959^*	0.095	3.961^*	0.134	4.559^*	0.267	11.798^*
Severe	0.35	16.404^*	−0.09	−3.008^*	0.072	2.784^*	0.108	4.586^*	0.131	4.544^*	0.282	12.665^*
Physical activity (reference: light)
Medium	0.011	0.536	0.101	3.63^*	0.388	16.022^*	−0.007	−0.318	− 0.006	− 0.232	0.023	1.106
Heavy	0.039	1.988^*	0.037	1.368	0.166	6.97^*	0.03	1.375	0.059	2.223	0.066	3.231^*

^*:P < 0.05
Others*: any other treatment method or combination of surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, endocrine therapy, or other treatment methods

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