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Table 5 Significant determinants of the utility index among women with breast cancer

From: Quality of life of women with breast cancer in a tertiary referral university hospital

Variables

MLR

Unstandardized coefficients

Standardized coefficients beta

95% CI

t-stat

p value

Bb

Std error

(Constant)

0.691

0.035

0.052

(0.621–0.761)

19.534

0.000

Traditional medicine

      

 No

0.092

0.04

0.179

(0.014–0.171)

2.324

*0.021

 [Yes]

Household income (RM)

      

 3000–5000

0.096

0.043

0.173

(0.011–0.180)

2.243

*0.026

 [> 10000]

  1. Dependent variable = utility index; [] = Reference; b = crude regression coefficient
  2. *p < 0.05; MLR Multiple Linear Regression (forward MLR was applied); R sq = 0.064; R-sq (adj) = 0.052