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Table 3 Linear regression models for dignity and sex

From: Dignity and psychosocial related variables in elderly advanced cancer patients

 

PPDS-Dignity score

Predictor

B

Beta

t

p

95%Cl

For men (Constant)

50.357

 

5.283

0.001

31.42 – 69.29

BSI. Anxiety

−0.177

−0.171

−1.365

0.175

−0.43 – 0.08

BSI. Depression

−0.147

−0.115

− 0.973

0.333

− 0.45 – 0.15

DUKE. Social Support

0.515

0.385

4.564

0.001

0.29 – 0.73

EORTC-QLQ-C30. Functional Scale

0.084

0.236

2.474

0.015

−0.01 – 0.15

Higher educational level

3.234

0.181

2.243

0.037

0.19– 6.27

Estimated survival ≥18 months

−0.230

−0.013

− 0.155

0.877

−3.18 – 2.72

R2 adjusted total

 

0.403

   

For women (Constant)

75.336

 

5.608

0.001

48.57 – 96.98

BSI. Anxiety

−0.164

−0.162

−1.119

0.267

−0.45 – 0.13

BSI. Depression

−0.545

−0.380

−2.876

0.005

−0.92 – 0.16

DUKE. Social Support

0.434

0.240

3.271

0.002

0.17 – 0.69

EORTC-QLQ-C30. Functional Scale

0.107

0.246

2.401

0.019

−0.02 – 0.19

Higher educational level

−1.304

−0.060

−0.854

0.396

−4.34– 1.74

Estimated survival ≥18 months

2.661

0.127

1.744

0.085

−0.37 – 5.70

R2 adjusted total

 

0.610

   
  1. Abbreviations: PPDS Palliative Patient’s Dignity Scale, BSI Brief Symptom Inventory, DUKE Duke–UNC-11 Functional Social Support Questionnaire, EORTC-QLQ-C30 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life C-30 questionnaire, CI confidence interval. Bold values indicate significance the at 5% level