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Table 3 Hierarchical Multiple Regression Results predicting overall HRQoL

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

 

B

 

β

t(665)

p

Sociodemographic characteristics

     

 Male sex

0.037

 

0.031

1.04

0.300

 Employed

0.129

 

0.109

3.78

< 0.001

 Financial Hardship

− 0.027

 

− 0.021

− 0.69

0.491

 Area Deprivation Index

0.000

 

0.011

0.37

0.715

 

∆R2 = 0.114, F(4,676) = 21.77, p < .001

Health history

     

 Radiation

− 0.036

 

− 0.030

-1.04

0.300

 Chemotherapy

− 0.035

 

− 0.026

− 0.90

0.368

 Comorbidities

− 0.055

 

− 0.161

-5.47

< 0.001

 

∆R2 = 0.059, F(3,673) = 15.95, p < .001

Health behaviors

     

 Current Smoker

− 0.053

 

− 0.023

− 0.81

0.421

 Alcohol Use in past month (y/n)

0.042

 

0.033

1.13

0.258

 Physical Activity

0.031

 

0.047

1.62

0.106

 Healthy Diet

0.088

 

0.101

3.41

0.001

 

∆R2 = 0.040, F(4,669) = 8.54, p < .001

Survivorship care experiences

     

 Information Needs

0.003

 

0.020

0.62

0.538

 Preparedness for survivorship

0.077

 

0.102

3.42

< 0.001

 

∆R2 = 0.077, F(2,667) = 36.16, p < .001

Psychosocial factors

     

 Unmet support needs

− 0.042

 

− 0.450

-13.02

< 0.001

 Fear of recurrence

− 0.082

 

− 0.202

-6.27

< 0.001

 

∆R2 = 0.212, F(2,665) = 141.10, p < .001

  1. Note. Regression coefficients are from the final model that included all predictors. Biological sex was coded 1 = male, 0 = female; Employed was coded 1 = employed, student, homemaker, parttime, 0 = unemployed, retired, disabled; Any Financial hardship was coded 1 = any hardship, 0 = no hardship; Treatment with Chemo and Treatment with Radiation were coded 1 = yes, 0 = no