Table 2 Association of severity of disability and characteristics of cancer patients
Variables | Severity of disability | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No disability | Moderate disability | Severe disability | P-value | ||||
n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | ||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 816 | 58.37 (55.76, 60.93) | 335 | 23.96 (21.80, 26.27) | 247 | 17.67 (15.76, 19.76) | 0.728 |
Female | 672 | 57.29 (54.43, 60.10) | 297 | 25.32 (22.91, 27.89) | 204 | 17.39 (15.33, 19.67) | |
Age | |||||||
< 25 years | 46 | 73.02 (60.69, 82.58) | 9 | 14.29 (7.56, 25.35) | 8 | 12.70 (6.44, 23.51) | < 0.001 |
25–45 years | 285 | 74.41 (69.80, 78.54) | 61 | 16.00 (12.59, 19.95) | 37 | 9.66 (7.08, 13.06) | |
46–65 years | 606 | 62.15 (59.06, 65.15) | 214 | 21.95 (19.46, 24.66) | 155 | 15.90 (13.73, 18.33) | |
> 65 years | 551 | 47.91 (45.03, 50.81) | 348 | 30.26 (27.67, 32.98) | 251 | 21.83 (19.53, 24.31) | |
Educational attainment | |||||||
Year 12 or below | 489 | 49.44 (46.33, 52.56) | 284 | 28.72 (25.98, 31.62) | 216 | 21.84 (19.37, 24.53) | < 0.001 |
Year 12 | 147 | 66.82 (60.31, 72.74) | 36 | 16.36 (12.03, 21.87) | 37 | 16.82 (12.42, 22.37) | |
Trade/certificate/diploma | 588 | 60.18 (57.08, 63.21) | 234 | 23.95 (21.38, 26.73) | 155 | 15.86 (13.70, 18.29) | |
Tertiary | 264 | 68.57 (63.75, 73.02) | 78 | 20.26 (16.53, 24.58) | 43 | 11.17 (8.38, 14.73) | |
Employment status | |||||||
Employed | 740 | 75.98 (73.19, 78.56) | 158 | 16.22 (14.04, 18.67) | 76 | 7.80 (6.27, 9.66) | < 0.001 |
Unemployed | 748 | 46.84 (44.40, 49.29) | 474 | 29.68 (27.49, 31.97) | 375 | 23.48 (21.47, 25.63) | |
Physical activity status | |||||||
Low | 233 | 46.98 (42.61, 51.39) | 126 | 25.40 (21.76, 29.43) | 137 | 27.62 (23.86, 31.73) | < 0.001 |
Moderate | 197 | 56.94 (51.65, 62.07) | 101 | 29.19 (24.63, 34.21) | 48 | 13.87 (10.61, 17.94) | |
High | 176 | 70.12 (64.15, 75.47) | 55 | 21.91 (17.21, 27.47) | 20 | 7.97 (5.19, 12.04) | |
Alcohol consumption (= yes) | 1175 | 61.74 (59.54, 63.90) | 448 | 23.54 (21.69, 25.50) | 280 | 14.71 (13.19, 16.38) | < 0.001 |
Smoking exposure (= yes) | 224 | 60.54 (55.46, 65.41) | 82 | 22.16 (18.21, 26.69) | 64 | 17.30 (13.77, 21.50) | 0.455 |
Health burden | |||||||
No burden | 248 | 96.50 (93.40, 98.17) | 7 | 2.72 (1.30, 5.61) | 2 | 0.78 (0.19, 3.07) | < 0.001 |
Moderate burden | 1018 | 65.01 (62.61, 67.33) | 403 | 25.73 (23.63, 27.96) | 145 | 9.26 (7.92, 10.80) | |
Severe burden | 222 | 29.68 (26.51, 33.06) | 222 | 29.68 (26.51, 33.06) | 304 | 40.64 (37.17, 44.21) | |
Private insurance coverage (= yes) | 362 | 59.05 (55.10, 62.89) | 155 | 25.29 (22.00, 28.89) | 96 | 15.66 (12.99, 18.76) | 0.005 |
Healthcare utilisation (= yes) | 495 | 45.29 (42.35, 48.26) | 340 | 31.00 (28.43, 33.92) | 258 | 23.60 (21.18, 26.22) | < 0.001 |
Life satisfaction with (mean scores) | |||||||
Household members | 1488 | 8.18 (8.09, 8.27) | 632 | 8.24 (8.10, 8.38) | 451 | 8.20 (8.01, 8.39) | 0.034 |
Employment | 1488 | 4.30 (4.10, 4.51) | 632 | 2.48 (2.20, 2.77) | 451 | 1.53 (1.25, 1.82) | < 0.001 |
Financial situation | 1488 | 6.94 (6.83, 7.06) | 632 | 6.59 (6.40, 6.78) | 451 | 6.15 (5.91, 6.39) | < 0.001 |
Social supports | 1488 | 8.01 (7.93, 8.09) | 632 | 7.92 (7.78, 8.06) | 451 | 7.61 (7.42, 7.80) | < 0.001 |
Remoteness | |||||||
Major cities | 945 | 60.89 (58.43, 63.29) | 347 | 22.36 (20.35, 24.50) | 260 | 16.75 (14.97, 18.7) | < 0.001 |
Inner regional | 344 | 52.12 (48.30, 55.92) | 194 | 29.39 (26.04, 32.99) | 122 | 18.00 (15.70, 21.64) | |
Outer regional | 169 | 53.82 (48.27, 59.28) | 80 | 25.00 (20.95, 30.60) | 65 | 20.70 (16.57, 25.55) | |
Remote or very remote | 30 | 66.67 (51.65, 78.92) | 11 | 24.44 (13.99, 39.16) | 4 | 8.89 (3.34, 21.61) | |
Socioeconomic status | |||||||
Q1(lowest 20%) (ref) | 258 | 50.00 (45.69, 54.31) | 133 | 25.78 (22.18, 29.73) | 125 | 24.22 (20.72, 28.12) | < 0.001 |
Q2 | 312 | 52.44 (48.41, 56.43) | 163 | 27.39 (23.96, 31.13) | 120 | 20.17 (17.13, 23.59) | |
Q3 | 280 | 60.48 (55.94, 64.84) | 120 | 25.92 (22.12, 30.11) | 63 | 13.61 (10.77, 17.05) | |
Q4 | 329 | 61.61 (57.41, 65.65) | 119 | 22.28 (18.95, 26.02) | 86 | 16.10 (13.22, 19.48) | |
Q5(highest 20%) | 309 | 66.74 (62.31, 70.89) | 97 | 20.95 (17.48, 24.90) | 57 | 12.31 (9.61, 15.63) | |
Overall | 1488 | 57.88 (55.96, 59.77) | 632 | 24.58 (22.95, 26.29) | 451 | 17.54 (16.12, 19.06) | |