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Table 4 FACIT-TS-G discrimination results

From: Health-related quality of life and experience measures, to assess patients’ experiences of peripheral intravenous catheters: a secondary data analysis

FACIT-TS-G (n=264)

Reg

P value

Ologit

P value

Mlogit

P value

Reg

P value

Ologit

P value

Mlogit

P value

Effectiveness (Ref: about the same)

-0.558 (-0.835,-0.280)

0.000

-0.987 (-1.519,-0.455)

0.000

A lot worse: 2.955 (0.763,5.147)

A little worse: 1.127 (-0.347,2.601)

A little better: -0.342 (-1.126,0.443)

A lot better: -0.562 (-1.299,0.175)

0.008

0.134

0.393

0.135

-0.019 (-0.349,0.312)

0.912

-0.05 (-0.659,0.559)

0.872

A lot worse: -0.945 (-3.766,1.876)

A little worse: 1.145 (-0.428,2.719)

A little better: 0.156 (-0.736,1.047)

A lot better: -0.04 (-0.912,0.832)

0.511

0.154

0.732

0.928

Side Effects (Ref: about the same)

-0.282 (-0.577,0.0142)

0.062

-0.461 (-0.986,0.065)

0.086

A lot worse: 1.677 (-0.053, 3.406)

A little worse: 0.733 (-0.351,1.818)

A little better: -0.292 (-1.202,0.617)

A lot better: -0.075 (-0.765,0.615)

0.057

0.185

0.528

0.832

0.198 (-0.154,0.55)

0.269

0.270 (-0.341,0.882)

0.386

A lot worse: NA

A little worse: 1.216 (-0.046,2.479)

A little better: 0.425 (-0.552,1.402)

A lot better: 0.543 (-0.298,1.385)

NA

0.059

0.394

0.508

Doctor(s) help (Ref: completely)

0.199 (-0.054,0.453)

0.123

0.412 (-0.13,0.954)

0.136

Not at all: -1.891 (-3.417,-0.364)

To some extent: 0.278 (-0.564,1.12)

For the most part: -0.387 (-1.108,0.335)

0.015

0.518

0.293

-0.111 (-0.413,0.190)

0.468

-0.192 (-0.833,0.449)

0.557

Not at all: 0.524 (-0.727,1.775)

To some extent: 0.437 (-0.545,1.419)

For the most part: -0.749 (-1.712,0.213)

0.412

0.383

0.127

Right for you

(Ref: completely)

-0.067 (-0.251,0.118)

0.476

-0.096 (-0.686,0.493)

0.748

Not at all: 1.495 (-1.099,4.088)

To some extent: 0.145 (-1.108,1.399)

For the most part: -0.107 (-0.773, 0.559)

0.259

0.82

0.753

0.001 (-0.218,0.221)

0.991

-0.001 (-0.71,0.707)

0.997

Not at all: NA

To some extent: 0.342 (-0.957,1.642)

For the most part: -0.183 (-0.991,0.626

NA

0.606

0.658

Satisfied (Ref: completely)

-0.465 (-0.69,-0.24)

0.000

-1.01 (-1.571,-0.449)

0.000

Not at all: 2.629 (1.160,4.098)

To some extent: 0.859 (-0.225,1.944)

For the most part: 0.402 (-0.262,1.065)

0.000

0.120

0.236

-0.214 (-0.482,0.054)

0.117

-0.585 (-1.227,0.057)

0.074

Not at all: -0.860 (-3.204,1.483)

To some extent: 1.789 (0.66,2.918)

For the most part: 0.312 (-0.493,1.117)

0.472

0.002

0.447

Recommend (Ref: yes)

-0.17 (-0.308,-0.033)

0.015

-0.905 (-1.671,-0.139)

0.021

No: 1.52 (0.184,2.856)

Maybe: 0.507 (-0.408,1.422)

0.026

0.277

-0.018 (-0.181,0.146)

0.832

-0.172 (-1.092,0.748)

0.714

No: 0.469 (-1.112,2.051)

Maybe: 0.094 (-1.008,1.195)

0.561

0.868

Choose again (Ref: yes)

-0.226 (-0.366,-0.085)

0.002

-0.928 (-1.643,-0.213)

0.011

No: 2.607 (1.084,4.131)

Maybe: 0.222 (-0.622,1.066)

0.001

0.606

-0.095 (-0.262,0.072)

0.262

-0.519 (-1.377,0.339)

0.236

No: 0.49 (-1.167,2.147)

Maybe: 0.537 (-0.439,1.513)

0.562

0.281

Overall rating (Ref: very good)

-0.392 (-0.648,-0.135)

0.003

-0.681 (-1.2,-0.163)

0.010

Poor: NA

Fair: 0.603 (-0.703,1.91)

Good: 0.248 (-0.503,1.00)

Excellent: -0.137 (-0.868,0.593)

NA

0.365

0.517

0.712

0.067 (-0.239,0.372)

0.667

0.062 (-0.548,0.672)

0.842

Poor: NA

Fair: 0.535 (-0.9,1.97)

Good: 0.379 (-0.474,1.232)

Excellent: 0.4 (-0.496,1.295)

NA

0.465

0.384

0.382

  1. Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Treatment Satisfaction – General measure = FACIT-TS-G; reg = regression analysis ; Ologit = ordered logistic regression analysis ; Mlogit = multinomial logistic regression analysis; Ref = reference; NA = Not analysable; Bolt text indicate p value =<0.05