Health-related quality of life and its socio-economic and cultural predictors among advanced cancer patients: evidence from the APPROACH cross-sectional survey in Hyderabad-India

Jacob, Jean; Palat, Gayatri; Verghese, Naina; Chandran, Priya; Rapelli, Vineela; Kumari, Sanjeeva; Malhotra, Chetna; Teo, Irene; Finkelstein, Eric; Ozdemir, Semra

doi:10.1186/s12904-019-0465-y

Table 4 Linear regressions of HRQoL outcomes on patient characteristics

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Variables	FACT-G	FACT-GP	FACT-GF	FACT-GE	FACT-GS	BPI-S	BPI-I	HADS	HADS-A	HADS-D	FACIT-SP	FACIT-SPMP	FACIT-SPF
Financial difficulty score (3–9)	− 0.641	0.311	0.438***	0.627***	0.113	0.0831	0.109	1.185***	0.396***	0.789***	−1.312***	− 1.238***	− 0.0738
Financial difficulty score (3–9)	(− 0.435)	(− 0.205)	(− 0.163)	(− 0.162)	(− 0.159)	−(0.0881)	(− 0.0781)	(−0.245)	(− 0.137)	(−0.142)	(− 0.256)	(−0.196)	(− 0.127)
Female	−2.018	−1.228	−0.802	− 0.125	0.137	0.129	0.0395	−0.0242	0.287	−0.312	0.272	−0.195	0.467
Female	−1.581	−0.648	−0.587	− 0.566	−0.52	− 0.29	−0.268	− 0.844	−0.459	− 0.479	−0.824	− 0.582	−0.425
Years of education	−0.127	0.0343	−0.0633	−0.0404	− 0.0577	−0.0107	− 0.0129	0.0209	0.0676	−0.0466	− 0.0745	−0.0845	0.0101
Years of education	−0.186	−0.0827	− 0.0658	−0.0645	− 0.0572	−0.0326	− 0.0325	−0.0835	− 0.0501	−0.0449	− 0.103	−0.0676	− 0.0552
Unmarried	0.473	0.0617	−0.0274	−0.86	1.299**	−0.18	− 0.268	− 1.011	−0.332	− 0.679	−1.492	− 1.267	−0.225
Unmarried	−1.808	−0.728	−0.649	− 0.669	−0.604	− 0.319	−0.27	− 1.029	−0.585	− 0.54	−0.886	− 0.651	−0.43
Non-Hindu	−4.522	−2.050**	−0.58	−0.68	−1.212	0.891**	0.447	1.628	1.246	0.382	1.545	0.461	1.084
Non-Hindu	−2.342	−0.996	−0.861	−1.124	−0.797	− 0.381	−0.413	− 1.235	− 0.782	−0.7	− 1.629	−1.155	−0.814
Non-General caste	−3.546	−1.554	−0.15	−0.479	−1.363	0.745	0.383	0.479	0.643	−0.164	1.784	0.804	0.98
Non-General caste	−2.345	−1.058	−0.933	−0.997	− 0.816	−0.424	− 0.461	− 1.296	−0.883	− 0.692	−1.626	− 1.145	−0.89
Age	0.0192	0.038	−0.0238	0.022	−0.0171	−0.0168	− 0.00566	0.0427	0.0179	0.0248	−0.0126	−0.018	0.00536
Age	−0.0663	−0.028	− 0.0238	−0.0234	− 0.0227	−0.0122	− 0.0115	−0.0371	− 0.02	−0.0213	− 0.0342	−0.0266	− 0.0144
Constant	71.54***	14.85***	14.62***	24.81***	17.26***	2.597**	3.062***	3.334	0.565	2.769	42.34***	30.71***	11.63***
Constant	−5.774	−2.445	−2.132	− 2.423	−2.11	−1.101	−1.022	−3.319	−1.801	− 1.939	−3.721	−2.694	− 1.746
Observations	210	210	210	210	210	210	186	210	210	210	210	210	210

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