The impact of clinical conditions and social factors on the psychological distress of cancer patients: an explorative study at a consultation and liaison service in a rural general hospital

Table 4 Logistic regression analysis to assess prognostic factors for indication of further psychosocial support

Dep.variable: Further psychosocial support is indicated
Regressors	OR	p	95% CI
1. Referral mode	3.13	0.010	1.32; 7.42
2. Age	0.96	0.037	0.93; 0.99
3. Gender	3.76	0.018	1.25; 11.27
4. Steady relationships	0.62	0.289	0.26; 1.48
5. Working situation	0.94	0.913	0.35; 2.58
6. Having children	1.13	0.779	0.46; 2.78
7. Problems in family	2.73	0.026	1.13; 6.63
8. Fatigue	1.80	0.038	1.03; 3.14
9. Pain	0.78	0.411	0.44; 1.39
10. Sum score physical distress	1.38	0.068	0.97; 1.92
11. No metastases	0.34	0.063	0.11; 1.06
12. Metastases status unknown	1.56	0.305	0.66; 3.65
13. Duration of illness	1.00	0,434	0.99; 1.00
14. Prev. psychiatric. treatment	2.85	0.026	1.13; 7.16
15. Performance status	0.64	0.062	0.40; 1.02
16. Functional limitations	1.28	0.463	0.66; 2.50
*Constant*	0.24	0.365	0.0; 5.24
*LR/Prob > Chi* ²	115.54/<0.001
*Pseudo R2*	0.37
N	250

OR = Odds ratio for dichotomous dependent variable; p = Level of significance; 95% CI: Interval of confidence for odds ratio; LR: Likehood ratio; R² = Share of explained variance. Base outcome for metastases = Metastases confirmed. Referral mode: 0 = Patients from Breast and Bowel Centres; 1 = Patients referred by other services if mental status requires it. Continuous variables: 2, 10, 13; Interval-scaled variables: 8,9,15,16; dichotomous variables: Dep. Variable, 1 (0 = breast and bowel centres; 1 = Referred if needed), 3 (0 = men; 1 = women), 4,5,6,7, 14 (0 = no; 1 = given). Other dichotomous variables: not applicable (0), applicable (1). Bold figures: significant differences (p < 0.05).

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