Univariate and multivariate analyses of clinical characteristics associated with symptom severity
Characteristics | Proxy-reported version n=41 | P value* | OR (CI 95%) | P value† | Self-reported version n=116 | P value* | ||
Low severity (≤1) | High severity (≥2) | Low severity (≤1) | High severity (≥2) | |||||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
Sex | ||||||||
Male | 8 (40.0) | 8 (38.1) | 0.999* | – | – | 27 (39.7) | 17 (35.4) | 0.700* |
Female | 12 (60.0) | 13 (61.9) | – | 41 (60.3) | 31 (64.6) | |||
Primary tumour | ||||||||
Solid | 8 (42.1) | 9 (45.0) | 0.520** | – | – | 25 (37.9) | 18 (39.1) | 0.889** |
Haematological | 2 (10.5) | 0 (0.0) | – | 3 (4.5) | 1 (2.2) | |||
Central nervous system | 9 (47.4) | 11 (55.0) | – | 38 (57.6) | 27 (58.7) | |||
Time of diagnostic | ||||||||
<6 months | 8 (40.0) | 16 (80.0) | 0.022* | – | – | 49 (72.1) | 37 (77.1) | 0.668* |
>6 months | 12 (60.0) | 4 (20.0) | 0.14 (0.03 to 0.66) | 0.012 | 19 (27.9) | 11 (22.9) | ||
Distant metastasis | ||||||||
Yes | 6 (30.0) | 4 (19.0) | 0.484** | – | – | 49 (73.1) | 37 (78.7) | 0.518* |
No | 14 (70.0) | 17 (81.0) | – | 18 (26.9) | 10 (21.3) | |||
Treatment performed | ||||||||
Chemotherapy | ||||||||
Yes | 20 (100) | 21 (100) | – | – | – | 67 (98.5) | 46 (95.8) | 0.569** |
No | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – | 1 (1.5) | 2 (4.2) | |||
Radiotherapy | ||||||||
Yes | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | 0.999** | – | – | 9 (13.2) | 5 (10.4) | 0.776* |
No | 20 (100) | 20 (95.2) | – | 59 (86.8) | 43 (89.6) | |||
Surgery | ||||||||
Yes | 10 (50.0) | 4 (19.0) | 0.052* | 0.20 (0.04 to 0.98) | 0.047 | 23 (33.8) | 9 (18.8) | 0.093* |
No | 10 (50.0) | 17 (81.0) | – | – | 45 (66.2) | 39 (81.3) | ||
Collection site | ||||||||
Inpatient clinic | 1 (5.0) | 4 (19.0) | 0.343** | – | – | 0.999* | 8 (11.8) | 6 (12.5) |
Outpatient clinic | 18 (90.0) | 17 (81.0) | – | 60 (88.2) | 42 (87.5) | |||
Amputation | ||||||||
No | 19 (95.0) | 21 (100) | 0.488** — | – | – | 60 (90.9) | 46 (97.9) | 0.236** — |
Yes | 1 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | – | 6 (9.1) | 1 (2.1) |
*Univariate analysis using *Pearsons Chi-square and **Fisher exact tests. p-value<0.2.
†Multivariate logistic regression analysis. p value<0.05 Wald test.