Table 3 Factors influencing health-related quality of life among cancer patients seeking outpatient treatment in India
Parameter | B | Std. Error | 95% Confidence Interval | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||
(Intercept) | 0.745 | 0.037 | 0.673 | 0.817 | 0.000 | |
Age | -0.001 | 0.000 | -0.002 | -0.001 | 0.001 | |
Gender (Reference- Male) | Female | 0.015 | 0.011 | -0.006 | 0.036 | 0.156 |
Area of Residence (Reference- Urban) | Rural | 0.006 | 0.011 | -0.017 | 0.028 | 0.618 |
Slum | -0.098 | 0.042 | -0.181 | -0.016 | 0.019 | |
Education (Reference- No Education) | Primary & Middle | 0.043 | 0.013 | 0.018 | 0.069 | 0.001 |
Up to Senior Secondary | 0.096 | 0.014 | 0.068 | 0.124 | 0.000 | |
| Â | Graduation & above | 0.115 | 0.020 | 0.076 | 0.154 | 0.000 |
Marital Status (Reference-Unmarried) | Married | 0.012 | 0.024 | -0.036 | 0.059 | 0.624 |
Separated/Divorced | -0.072 | 0.062 | -0.193 | 0.049 | 0.244 | |
Widow/Widower | 0.028 | 0.030 | -0.031 | 0.087 | 0.348 | |
Wealth Quintile (Reference- Poorest) | Poor | -0.023 | 0.015 | -0.052 | 0.006 | 0.124 |
Middle | -0.023 | 0.016 | -0.053 | 0.008 | 0.150 | |
Rich | -0.081 | 0.015 | -0.111 | -0.050 | 0.000 | |
Richest | -0.058 | 0.016 | -0.090 | -0.027 | 0.000 | |
Type of Cancer (Reference-Solid) | Haematological | 0.104 | 0.082 | -0.057 | 0.266 | 0.206 |
Type of Treatment (Reference- Chemotherapy) | Radiotherapy | -0.018 | 0.018 | -0.053 | 0.017 | 0.313 |
Palliative care | -0.137 | 0.031 | -0.197 | -0.076 | 0.000 | |
Surgery | -0.110 | 0.019 | -0.147 | -0.072 | 0.000 | |
Combination Therapy** | -0.001 | 0.014 | -0.028 | 0.026 | 0.944 | |
Maintenance Therapy | 0.097 | 0.154 | -0.205 | 0.399 | 0.531 | |
On diagnostic workup | 0.051 | 0.088 | -0.121 | 0.224 | 0.559 | |
Hormone Therapy | 0.076 | 0.030 | 0.016 | 0.136 | 0.013 | |
Others (clinical follow up) | 0.062 | 0.024 | 0.016 | 0.109 | 0.009 | |
Line of Treatment (Reference -First Line) | Second Line | -0.001 | 0.018 | -0.035 | 0.034 | 0.977 |
Third Line | -0.146 | 0.050 | -0.245 | -0.047 | 0.004 | |
Fourth Line | 0.056 | 0.191 | -0.319 | 0.431 | 0.770 | |
Cancer Stage (Reference - Stage I) | Carcinoma | -0.128 | 0.188 | -0.497 | 0.241 | 0.498 |
Stage II | -0.011 | 0.021 | -0.053 | 0.031 | 0.609 | |
Stage III | -0.023 | 0.020 | -0.062 | 0.015 | 0.231 | |
Stage IV | -0.118 | 0.021 | -0.159 | -0.078 | 0.000 | |
Response to Treatment (Reference -Disease Free survival) | Progressive | -0.081 | 0.027 | -0.133 | 0.028 | 0.003 |
Ongoing | 0.016 | 0.015 | -0.013 | 0.046 | 0.273 | |
Adverse Effect (Reference - With Adverse Effect) | Without Adverse Effect | 0.113 | 0.021 | 0.071 | 0.155 | 0.000 |