Table 3 Prevalence ratiosa and 95 % CI of socio-demographic characteristics and the five symptom attributions
From: Symptom attributions in patients with colorectal cancer
Cancer | Benign somatic causes | Psychological causes | Lifestyle-related causes | Causes beyond individual control | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
Female | 0.79 (0.59–1.07) | 0.79 (0.80–1.51) | 1.02 (0.87–1.19) | 1.03 (0.79–1.33) | 1.41 (1.09–1.81) | 1.34 (0.95–1.84) | 0.88 (0.67–1.17) | 0.79 (0.56–1.13) | 1.07 (0.91–1.26) | 1.07 (0.82–1.39) |
Age | ||||||||||
≤64 | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
65+ | 1.11 (0.81–1.50) | 1.10 (0.80–1.51) | 0.78 (0.68–0.91) | 0.82 (0.63–1.06) | 0.77 (0.60–1.00) | 0.70 (0.50–0.98) | 0.73 (0.55–0.95) | 0.67 (0.47–0.95) | 1.07 (0.90–1.28) | 1.04 (0.79–1.37) |
Marital status | ||||||||||
Married/cohabiting | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
Living alone | 1.10 (0.81–1.49) | 1.16 (0.84–1.59) | 1.02 (0.86–1.21) | 1.05 (0.79–1.39) | 1.28 (0.99–1.66) | 1.17 (0.83–1.65) | 1.23 (0.92–1.63) | 1.27 (0.88–1.83) | 0.95 (0.79–1.14) | 0.90 (0.67–1.21) |
Education | ||||||||||
Low | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
Middle | 1.10 (0.79–1.52) | 1.09 (0.78–1.52) | 1.43 (1.17–1.75) | 1.39 (1.03–1.89) | 0.78 (0.59–1.02) | 0.76 (0.54–1.09) | 0.82 (0.60–1.13) | 0.77 (0.52–1.13) | 0.94 (0.79–1.12) | 0.94 (0.70–1.25) |
High | 1.00 (0.65–1.55) | 1.01 (0.65–1.57) | 1.36 (1.07–1.73) | 1.30 (0.89–1.90) | 0.60 (0.40–0.92) | 0.57 (0.34–0.96) | 1.00 (0.68–1.45) | 0.91 (0.56–1.47) | 0.78 (0.60–1.02) | 0.780 (0.53–1.16) |
Cancer site | ||||||||||
Colon | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
Rectal | 1.10 (0.81–1.51) | 1.05 (0.76–1.46) | 1.41 (1.20–1.65) | 1.34 (1.02–1.77) | 0.84 (0.63–1.13) | 0.83 (0.57–1.21) | 0.95 (0.70–1.29) | 0.84 (0.58–1.24) | 0.91 (0.75–1.10) | 0.92 (0.68–1.24) |