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Table 5 Multilevel model outcomes for patient-related variablesa

From: Physician-perceived utility of the EORTC QLQ-GINET21 questionnaire in the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours: a multicentre, cross-sectional survey (QUALINETS)

Multilevel model

Patient variables

Therapeutic and clinical decision-making

Doctor-patient communication

Questionnaire characteristics

Sex

        

Male

1.01 (0.50)*

Marital status

Married/cohabitation

0.38

(0.47)

Employment status

Other

0.97 (0.60)

Female

 

 

Single

– 0.61 (0.59)

 

Retired

– 0.10 (0.40)

   

Widowed

– 0.11 (0.58)

 

Unemployed

0.25 (0.43)

   

Separated/divorced

 

Employed

Time since NET diagnosis

0.74 (0.49)

Course of patient’s clinical status

Stable

0.15 (0.35)*

Course of patient’s clinical status

Stable

0.41 (0.32)

   

Worsening

0.91

(0.56)*

 

Worsening

0.76 (0.45)

   

Improving

 

Improving

Time since first therapeutic intervention

– 0.64 (0.50)

Clinical assessment of patient’s health status

Good

1.96 (0.81)*

   

Neither good nor bad

1.72

(0.79)

   

Poor

   
  1. aEntries show parameter estimate with the standard error in parentheses
  2. *p < 0.05
  3. NET, neuroendocrine tumours