Table 6 Linear regression model with parameter estimates for the EORTC QLQ-BR45 symptom scales among breast cancer patients in TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021

 Stage I

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 Stage II

−.176 (−20.8–2.3)

0.116

.287(−0.3–41.7)

0.053

 Stage III

−.049 (− 13.9–8.8)

0.662

.269 (− 1.0–39.5)

0.062

 Stage IV

.031 (− 11.1–15.7)

0.773

.170 (− 7.6–37.6)

0.191

 No

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 Yes

−.062 (−4.4–13.0)

0.333

.126 (− 4.1–10.5)

0.150

 Single

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 Married

−.089 (−16.0 – 6.9)

0.433

−.443 (− 57.1–6.2)

0.015

 Divorced

.078 (− 8.2 – 19.5)

0.425

−.302 (− 59.3–0.383)

0.047

 Widowed

−.014 (− 14.5–12.7)

0.897

−.292 (− 56.0–2.6)

0.074

 No education

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 Primary education

.015 (− 8.1–10.0)

0.837

−.059 (− 21.3–11.3)

0.545

 Secondary education

−.134 (− 17.0–1.1)

0.086

.110 (−6.6–24.0)

0.267

 Secondary education and above

−.146 (− 17.8–0.50)

0.064

.139 (− 5.1–28)

0.171

  ≤ 36

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 37–42

.225 (− 22.3–4.2)

0.004

−.136 (− 26.5 – 5.0)

0.178

 43–50

.234 (22.7–2.0)

0.003

−.283 (− 38.6 – 6.7)

0.006

  > 50

.298 (27.5–7.3)

0.001

−.344 (− 47.3–11.0)

0.002