From: Health variations among breast-cancer patients from different disease states: evidence from China
Independent variable | Quality of life | BCS | FWB | EWB | SWB | PWB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (in a unit of years) |  |  |  |  | −0.01 |  |
Married (vs. others) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.74* | Â |
Educational attainment | ||||||
 Illiteracy and primary school | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |  | Ref. | Ref. |
 Junior high school | 3.09* | 0.48* | 0.25 |  | 0.79** | 0.22 |
 Senior high school | 4.24* | 0.56* | 0.33 |  | 0.65* | 0.25 |
 College or above | 2.80 | −0.23 | 0.45 |  | 0.84* | 0.18 |
Urban (vs. rural) |  |  | − 0.03 |  |  |  |
Medical insurance | ||||||
 New rural cooperative scheme and others | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |  | Ref. |
 Urban employees | 1.58 | −0.01 | 0.09 | 0.33 |  | 0.51* |
 Urban residents | 4.58* | 0.51 | 0.23 | 0.61* |  | 0.98** |
Occupation | ||||||
 Unemployed |  |  | Ref. |  |  |  |
 Retired |  |  | −0.12 |  |  |  |
 Blue-collar |  |  | −0.54 |  |  |  |
 White-collar |  |  | −0.23 |  |  |  |
Household income | ||||||
  < 30,000 RMB |  |  | Ref. |  | Ref. |  |
 30,000–80,000 RMB |  |  | 0.03 |  | −0.36 |  |
  > 80,000 RMB |  |  | 0.87** |  | 0.22 |  |
Inpatients (vs. outpatients) | −9.25*** | −0.48 | −0.46 | − 0.94** | − 0.74* | −1.50*** |
TNM stage | ||||||
 0 and I | Ref. |  | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |  |
 II | −2.59 |  | −0.29 | 0.05 | − 0.28 |  |
 III | −3.26 |  | −0.29 | 0.01 | −0.27 |  |
 IV | −3.63 |  | 0.29 | −0.45 | 0.12 |  |
Surgery | ||||||
 No surgery |  |  | Ref. |  |  |  |
 Breast-conserving surgery |  |  | 0.66 |  |  |  |
 Modified radical surgery |  |  | 0.27 |  |  |  |
Radiotherapy (yes vs. no) | −9.25*** |  |  |  |  | 0.32 |
Targeted therapy (yes vs. no) | Â | Â | Â | 0.46 | Â | Â |
Endocrine therapy (yes vs. no) | −0.52 |  |  |  |  | 0.02 |
State | ||||||
 P | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
 S | −0.16 | 0.21 | 0.30 | − 0.11 | − 0.29 | 0.17 |
 R | −9.45** | −0.07 | −0.98* | − 0.91 | −1.41** | −0.67 |
 M | −6.72* | −0.05 | −0.59 | −1.07* | − 0.82* | −0.46 |