Table 5 Multiple logistic regression for low physical, emotional and social summary scoresa,b

From: Identification of paediatric cancer patients with poor quality of life

Variable c

OR (95% CI) a

P -value

Physical summary score

 Diagnosis of not acute lymphoblastic leukemia

2.67 (1.67, 4.28)

<0.0001

 Intensive chemotherapy treatment

2.34 (1.42, 3.85)

0.0008

 Sibling with chronic condition

2.53 (1.54, 4.15)

0.0002

Emotional summary score

 Prognosis of not very good or excellent

2.66 (1.39, 5.11)

0.003

 Intensive chemotherapy treatment

4.90 (2.78, 8.64)

<0.0001

 Less than $10 000 of savings

1.77 (1.00, 3.12)

0.0496

Social summary score

 Child female

2.27 (1.22, 4.23)

0.01

 Sibling with chronic condition

2.12 (1.13, 3.96)

0.02

  1. OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.
  2. aMean summary scores are presented in the Results.
  3. bLow is defined as ⩽2 s.d. below the mean for a general paediatric population (see Methods).
  4. cpotential predictors shown in terms of factors associated with worse quality of life (e.g., in this table, female child gender is shown rather than male child gender).
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