Table 5 Factors influencing health-related quality of life (N = 114)
From: Unmet needs in palliative care for patients with common non-cancer diseases: a cross-sectional study
Independent variables | PCS | MCS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β | S.E. | t (p) | β | S.E. | t (p) | |
Sex (Women) | -1.540 | 1.724 | 0.893 (0.374) | Â | Â | NA |
Employed (Yes) | 0.244 | 1.744 | 0.140 (0.889) | Â | Â | NA |
Duration of disease (≥ 12 months) | -2.724 | 1.704 | 0.148 (0.113) |  |  | NA |
Duration of hospitalisation | -0.222 | 0.086 | 0.086 (0.012) | Â | Â | NA |
ECOG PS 2 (Ref = 0, 1) | -4.599 | 1.979 | 2.324 (0.022) | -5.794 | 2.391 | 2.423 (0.017) |
ECOG PS 3, 4 (Ref = 0, 1) | -1.720 | 2.141 | 0.080 (0.424) | 0.378 | 2.610 | 0.145 (0.885) |
CHF (Ref = Stroke) | -2.893 | 2.402 | 1.204 (0.231) | -3.328 | 2.737 | 1.216 (0.227) |
ESRD (Ref = Stroke) | -3.305 | 2.371 | 1.394 (0.166) | -7.318 | 2.821 | 2.594 (0.011) |
ESLD (Ref = Stroke) | 1.469 | 2.477 | 0.593 (0.555) | -3.692 | 2.761 | 1.337 (0.184) |
Physical palliative care needs | -1.560 | 1.076 | 0.803 (0.424) | -1.428 | 1.750 | 0.816 (0.416) |
Psychosocial palliative care needs | Â | Â | NA | -2.261 | 1.864 | 1.213 (0.228) |
Anxiety | Â | Â | NA | -0.721 | 0.286 | 2.520 (0.013) |
Depression | Â | Â | NA | -0.714 | 0.284 | 2.517 (0.013) |