Table 4 Predictors of low physical, emotional and social summary scoresa,b
From: Identification of paediatric cancer patients with poor quality of life
Physical summary score | Emotional summary score | Social summary score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | OR (95% CI) | P -value | OR (95% CI) | P -value | OR (95% CI) | P -value |
Child factors | ||||||
 Age in years | 1.07 (1.02, 1.12) | 0.003 | 0.99 (0.95, 1.04) | 0.80 | 0.99 (0.93, 1.05) | 0.77 |
 Time since diagnosis | 0.98 (0.84, 1.15) | 0.79 | 0.92 (0.75, 1.12) | 0.39 | 1.16 (0.96, 1.41) | 0.12 |
 Male | 0.70 (0.46, 1.06) | 0.09 | 1.08 (0.67, 1.73) | 0.76 | 0.44 (0.24, 0.80) | 0.008 |
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 0.35 (0.23, 0.53) | <0.0001 | 0.77 (0.48, 1.22) | 0.26 | 0.99 (0.54, 1.79) | 0.97 |
 Relapse | 1.12 (0.53, 2.34) | 0.75 | 0.70 (0.28, 1.77) | 0.45 | 2.06 (0.84, 5.09) | 0.12 |
 Prognosis of very good or excellent | 0.48 (0.28, 0.82) | 0.007 | 0.34 (0.20, 0.60) | 0.0001 | 0.59 (0.29 1.19) | 0.14 |
 Radiation | 1.44 (0.88, 2.37) | 0.15 | 1.13 (0.65, 1.97) | 0.67 | 0.76 (0.35, 1.62) | 0.47 |
 Any surgery to remove cancer | 3.04 (1.83, 5.07) | <0.0001 | 0.78 (0.43, 1.42) | 0.42 | 1.35 (0.68, 2.68) | 0.39 |
 Stem cell transplantation | 2.26 (1.06, 4.81) | 0.03 | 1.32 (0.58, 2.98) | 0.51 | 1.29 (0.47, 3.53) | 0.62 |
 Intensive chemotherapy treatment | 2.59 (1.64, 4.10) | <0.0001 | 4.09 (2.49, 6.72) | <0.0001 | 1.76 (0.95, 3.25) | 0.07 |
 Alternative treatment | 1.20 (0.58, 2.48) | 0.62 | 1.90 (0.89, 4.06) | 0.10 | 1.92 (0.78, 4.71) | 0.15 |
 Other chronic condition | 1.87 (1.09, 3.20) | 0.02 | 1.18 (0.65, 2.16) | 0.58 | 0.59 (0.24, 1.45) | 0.25 |
Parent factors | ||||||
Age in years | 1.02 (0.99, 1.06) | 0.099 | 0.98 (0.95, 1.02) | 0.28 | 0.97 (0.92, 1.01) | 0.14 |
Male | 0.73 (0.38, 1.39) | 0.33 | 0.68 (0.31, 1.46) | 0.32 | 0.39 (0.12, 1.31) | 0.13 |
Smoke | 1.44 (0.84, 2.46) | 0.18 | 1.48 (0.83, 2.63) | 0.19 | 0.99 (0.46, 2.15) | 0.98 |
University Education | 0.73 (0.47, 1.16) | 0.18 | 0.77 (0.46, 1.28) | 0.31 | 0.97 (0.51, 1.83) | 0.92 |
Working | 0.66 (0.43, 1.01) | 0.06 | 0.70 (0.43, 1.14) | 0.15 | 0.50 (0.26, 0.94) | 0.03 |
Chronic condition | 1.83 (1.19, 2.82) | 0.008 | 1.97 (1.20, 3.24) | 0.007 | 1.98 (1.04, 3.75) | 0.04 |
Married | 0.91 (0.53, 1.58) | 0.75 | 0.59 (0.33, 1.05) | 0.07 | 0.85 (0.40, 1.79) | 0.67 |
Household factors | ||||||
Sibling with chronic condition | 2.35 (1.49, 3.70) | 0.0002 | 1.44 (0.88, 2.37) | 0.15 | 1.88 (1.02, 3.46) | 0.04 |
Annual household income ⩾$60 000 | 0.89 (0.58, 1.37) | 0.59 | 0.70 (0.43, 1.15) | 0.16 | 0.68 (0.37, 1.25) | 0.21 |
Adjusted household income per $100 000 | 1.00 (0.88, 1.14) | 0.97 | 0.90 (0.77, 1.04) | 0.15 | 0.95 (0.79, 1.14) | 0.57 |
Savings ⩾$10 000 | 0.98 (0.63, 1.53) | 0.93 | 0.63 (0.38, 1.06) | 0.08 | 0.78 (0.41, 1.46) | 0.44 |
