Attitudes toward Cancer Diagnosis Disclosure and Resilience among Suspicious Lung Cancer Patients, Lung Cancer Patients, and Their Families

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of factors influencing patients’ preference for patients being informed of their cancer diagnoses.

Variables	Event: CDD preference = yes
	SLCPs group			value	LCPs group
	Univariate	value	Multivariate		Univariate	value	Multivariate	value
	OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Age (+5 years)	0.97 (0.88–1.07)	0.538			1.02 (0.90–1.16)	0.763
Gender: (ref: male)
Female	0.84 (0.51–1.41)	0.519			1.21 (0.72–2.04)	0.466
Marriage status (ref: not married)
Married	1.16 (0.52–2.59)	0.721			0.51 (0.21–1.23)	0.134
Education level (ref: middle school and below)
High school and above	1.78 (1.04–3.04)	0.034	1.55 (0.81–2.95)	0.184	0.89 (0.54–1.46)	0.634	0.72 (0.38–1.32)	0.291
Residence (ref: rural)
Urban	1.80 (1.07–3.03)	0.028	1.09 (0.57–2.07)	0.795	1.26 (0.77–2.07)	0.359	1.47 (0.80–2.73)	0.221
Month income (ref: 3000–3999 and below)
4000–4999 and above	1.10 (0.64–1.88)	0.735			0.93 (0.55–1.59)	0.794
Ethnicity (ref: han)
Ethnic minority	0.35 (0.20–0.60)	0.001	0.54 (0.25–1.13)	0.1	1.53 (0.75–3.11)	0.238	2.12 (0.98–4.71)	0.058
Belief (ref: no)
Yes	0.29 (0.15–0.55)	0.001	0.54 (0.23–1.28)	0.162	0.31 (0.06–1.49)	0.143	0.21 (0.02–1.00)	0.075
Resilience (ref: combined score < median)	2.29 (1.35–3.88)	0.002	1.87 (1.08–3.25)	0.025	2.16 (1.31–3.59)	0.003	2.21 (1.32–3.74)	0.003