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Table 2 Five sets of regression results predicting overall HRQoL separately with the full set of predictors within a type as well as descriptive statistics for those predictors

From: Factors associated with health-related quality of life in a cohort of cancer survivors in New Jersey

 

Regression Results

Descriptive Statistics

Sociodemographic regression

b

Î’

t

P

M

SD

N

%

Biological Sex: Male

0.089

0.074

2.08

0.038

  

349

40.4

White-Not Hispanic

0.016

0.012

0.30

0.763

  

645

76.2

Married

0.014

0.011

0.31

0.758

  

565

66.5

Education: BA or more

0.033

0.028

0.78

0.437

  

447

52.7

Employed

0.206

0.174

4.21

0.000

  

392

46.6

US Born

0.019

0.011

0.29

0.770

  

737

86.2

Any Financial Hardship

− 0.336

− 0.263

-7.36

0.000

  

276

32.1

Age

0.004

0.079

1.84

0.066

64.39

10.76

  

Area Deprivation Index

− 0.002

− 0.081

-2.19

0.029

29.45

19.56

  

R2 = 0.130, F(9,761) = 12.62, p < .001

Health history regression

Surgery

− 0.050

− 0.031

− 0.88

0.379

  

723

83.7

Radiation

− 0.089

− 0.073

-2.02

0.044

  

342

40.3

Chemotherapy

− 0.214

− 0.163

-4.31

0.000

  

253

29.3

Time since diagnosis

0.024

0.025

0.74

0.459

3.21

0.61

  

Disease stage

− 0.021

− 0.033

− 0.88

0.380

1.35

0.95

  

Comorbidities

− 0.096

− 0.288

-8.50

0.000

2.12

1.81

  

R2 = 0.123, F(6,780) = 18 0.20, p < .001

Health behavior variables regression

Current Smoker

− 0.173

− 0.078

-2.13

0.034

  

62

7.2

Alcohol Use (y/n)

0.141

0.115

3.13

0.002

  

532

64.1

Physical Activity

0.107

0.160

4.29

0.000

1.18

0.88

  

Healthy Diet

0.114

0.132

3.51

0.000

4.46

0.68

  

BMI

− 0.004

− 0.040

-1.10

0.274

28.67

6.33

  

R2 = 0.097, F(5,715) = 15.38, p < .001

Survivorship care experience regression

Provider Survivor Care Practices

− 0.005

− 0.013

− 0.37

0.713

3.72

1.69

  

Information Needs

− 0.039

− 0.261

-7.62

0.000

4.27

3.92

  

Preparedness for survivorship

0.171

0.227

6.33

0.000

3.28

0.81

  

R2 = 0.150, F(3,786) = 46.32, p < .001

Psychosocial variables regression

Unmet support needs

− 0.053

− 0.568

-19.45

0.000

4.06

6.36

  

Fear of recurrence

− 0.067

− 0.161

-5.53

0.000

2.73

1.45

  

R2 = 0.424, F(2,812) = 299.03, p < .001

  1. Note. Regression coefficients are from the final model that included all predictors. Biological sex 1 = male, 0 = female; White, not Hispanic = 1, Other race/ethnicity = 0; Married = 1, other = 0; BA or more education = 1, less than a BA = 0; Employed 1 = employed, student, homemaker, parttime, 0 = unemployed, retired, disabled; US born = 1, all others = 0; Any Financial hardship was coded 1 = any hardship, 0 = no hardship; Treatment with Surgery, Treatment with Chemotherapy, and Treatment with Radiation were coded 1 = yes, 0 = no; Current Smoker Yes = 1, No = 0; Alcohol Use 1 = Yes in past month 0 = no in past month
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