Table 5 Linear regression model with parameter estimates for the EORTC QLQ-BR45 functioning scales among breast cancer patients in TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021
Body image | Sexual functioning | Sexual enjoyment | Future perspective | Breast satisfaction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B (95% CI) R2 = 0.031 | p value | B (95% CI) R2 = 0.213 | p value | B (95% CI) R2 = 0.111 | p value | B (95% CI) R2 = 0.047 | p value | B (95% CI) R2 = 0.026 | p value | |
Stage of tumor | ||||||||||
Stage I | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | |||||
Stage II | −.050 (− 14.8–9.4) | 0.661 | .136 (− 3.1–15.4) | 0.190 | .132 (− 4.5–19.0) | 0.229 | −.074 (−22.1–12.6) | 0.512 | −.061(− 0.3–0.5) | 0.594 |
Stage III | −.096 (− 17.0–6.8) | 0.402 | .069 (− 6.0–12.2) | 0.507 | .128 (− 4.7–18.4) | 0.243 | −.061 (− 20.7–13.4) | 0.595 | −.200 (− 0.1–0.8) | 0.084 |
Stage IV | −.071 (− 19.4–8.5) | 0.445 | −.184 (1.1–22.6) | 0.030 | −.184 (0.6–27.8) | 0.041 | −.071 (− 26.7–13.5) | 0.444 | −.028 (− 0.4–0.5) | 0.766 |
Comorbidity | ||||||||||
No | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | |||||
Yes | −.016 (− 10.2–8.0) | 0.809 | .091(− 1.6–12.3) | 0.128 | .040 (− 6.0–11.6) | 0.530 | −.025 (− 15.7–10.5) | 0.704 | −.030 (− 0.2–0.4) | 0.648 |
Marital status | ||||||||||
Single | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | |||||
Married | −.020 (−13.1–11.0) | 0.861 | .267 (− 21.1–2.7) | 0.012 | .285 (− 26.8–3.4) | 0.011 | .030 (− 14.9–19.3) | 0.796 | −.188 (− 0.7–0.1) | 0.108 |
Divorced | −.044 (− 17.8 – 11.3) | 0.661 | .121 (− 3.5–18.7) | 0.178 | −.029 (− 16.3–12.0) | 0.757 | −.001 (− 20.8–21.0) | 0.995 | −.201(−1.0–0.1) | 0.045 |
Widowed | .034 (− 12.0–16.5) | 0.755 | −.005(− 11.2–10.6) | 0.958 | −.094 (− 20.2–7.6) | 0.372 | .150 (− 6.2–34.5) | 0.172 | .178 (− 0.9–0.1) | 0.109 |
Educational status | ||||||||||
No education | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | |||||
Primary education | .065 (−5.4–13.6) | 0.395 | .007 (− 6.9–7.6) | 0.925 | −.046 (− 12.2–6.3) | 0.533 | −.058 (− 18.9–8.3) | 0.443 | −.011(− 34.3–0.3) | 0.888 |
Secondary education | − 078 (− 14.3–4.7) | 0.327 | .046 (− 4.9–9.6) | 0.522 | −.020 (− 10.5–8.0) | 0.796 | −.122 (− 24.3–2.9) | 0.123 | −.080 (− 0.5–0.2) | 0.313 |
Secondary education and above | −.099 (− 15.6–3.6) | 0.219 | −.131 (− 14.1–0.6) | 0.071 | −.138 (− 17.8–0.8) | 0.074 | −.067 (− 19.6–7.8) | 0.398 | −.107 (− 0.5–0.1) | 0.185 |
Age | ||||||||||
≤ 36 | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | |||||
37–42 | .146 (0.6–18.2) | 0.067 | .055 (− 4.4–10. 0) | 0.444 | .037 (− 6.9–11.4) | 0.626 | .117 (− 3.3 – 23.6) | 0.139 | −.095 (− 0.5–0.1) | 0.233 |
43–50 | .160 (0.1–19.1) | 0.048 | .116 (− 1.4–13.1) | 0.113 | .151(− 0.1–18.4) | 0.052 | .087 (− 6.1 - 21.0) | 0.281 | .039 (− 0.2–0.4) | 0.626 |
> 50 | −.238 (3.7–24.7) | 0.008 | −.249 (4.5–20.7) | 0.002 | −.216 (2.9–23.4) | 0.012 | −.212 (3.2–33.3) | 0.018 | .040 (− 0.3–0.4) | 0.658 |