Figure and Table | Health Insurance and Its Psychosocial Correlates in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer in Japan

Table 1. Clinical and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Patients.

From: Health Insurance and Its Psychosocial Correlates in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer in Japan

	Patients
	(N = 147)
Age	70 (63-75)
Gender
Male	104 (71.2)
Female	42 (28.8)
Marital status
Married	100 (70.9)
Single/widowed/divorced	41 (29.1)
Employment status
Employed	33 (23.6)
Unemployed	107 (76.4)
Household income (million JPY)
0-1.99	14 (11.5)
2.00-3.99	52 (42.6)
4.00-5.99	21 (17.2)
6.00-7.99	20 (16.4)
8.00-	15 (12.3)
ECOG performance status
0	50 (34.7)
1	73 (50.7)
2	16 (11.1)
3	2 (1.4)
4	3 (2.1)
Clinical stage of cancer
ⅢB	26 (17.8)
Ⅳ	120 (82.2)
Initial treatment
Chemotherapy	121 (88.3)
Radiation	0 (0.0)
Chemoradiation	15 (10.9)
Best supportive care	1 (0.7)

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Table 2. Associations between Having Private Health Insurance and Variables.

From: Health Insurance and Its Psychosocial Correlates in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer in Japan

	Patients with	Patients without	p-Value
	Private insurance	Private insurance
	(n = 114)	(n = 33)
Age	69 (62-75)	74 (64-81)	0.028^a
Gender			0.829^b
Male	81 (71.7)	23 (69.7)
Female	32 (28.3)	10 (30.3)
Marital status			0.188^b
Married	80 (74.1)	20 (60.6)
Single/widowed/divorced	28 (25.9)	13 (39.4)
Employment status			0.103^b
Employed	29 (26.9)	4 (12.5)
Unemployed	79 (73.2)	28 (87.5)
Household income (million JPY)			0.858^b
0-1.99	10 (10.5)	4 (14.8)
2.00-3.99	39 (41.1)	13 (48.2)
4.00-5.99	17 (17.9)	4 (14.8)
6.00-7.99	16 (16.8)	4 (14.8)
8.00-	13 (13.7)	2 (7.4)
ECOG performance status			0.029^b
0	45 (39.8)	5 (16.1)
1	55 (48.7)	18 (58.1)
2	9 (8.0)	7 (22.6)
3	2 (1.8)	0 (0.0)
4	2 (1.8)	1 (3.2)
Clinical stage of cancer			0.451^b
ⅢB	17 (15.0)	8 (24.2)
Ⅳ	96 (85.0)	25 (75.8)
Initial treatment			0.094^b
Chemotherapy	97 (87.3)	25 (75.8)
Radiation	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Chemoradiation	14 (12.6)	7 (21.2)
Best supportive care	0 (0.0)	1 (3.0)
Financial problem			0.652^b
Not at all	61 (56.0)	15 (45.5)
A little	32 (29.4)	12 (36.4)
Quite a bit	12 (11.0)	4 (12.1)
Very much	4 (3.7)	2 (6.1)
Medical satisfaction			0.221^b
Very satisfied	27 (24.3)	4 (12.1)
Satisfied	57 (51.4)	18 (54.6)
A little satisfied	22 (19.8)	9 (27.3)
A little unsatisfied	5 (4.5)	1 (3.0)
Unsatisfied	0 (0.0)	1 (3.0)
Very unsatisfied	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
FACT-L total score	83.5 [72.4-94.1]	75.0 [68.8-87.6]	0.017^a
Physical Well-Being subscale score	18.0 [14.0-23.0]	18.0 [14.0-22.1]	0.620^a
Social Well-Being subscale score	18.7 [15.2-22.2]	15.8 [12.8-21.0]	0.039^a
Emotional Well-Being subscale score	17.0 [12.5-21.0]	14.0 [11.5-17.5]	0.011^a
Functional Well-Being subscale score	16.7 [12.0-20.0]	14.5 [9.5-18.5]	0.104^a
Lung Cancer subscale score	15.0 [13.0-17.0]	14.0 [13.0-15.0]	0.448^a
HADS-Anxiety score	4 [2-7]	5 [3-7]	0.164^a
HADS-Depression score	6 [2-9]	8 [4-11]	0.068^a

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Table 3. Multivariable Logistic Analysis of Associated Factors with Having Private Health Insurance.

From: Health Insurance and Its Psychosocial Correlates in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer in Japan

	OR	95% CI	p-Value
Age	0.944	0.901-0.989	0.016
Social Well-Being Subscale score	1.082	1.001-1.168	0.047
Emotional Well-Being Subscale score	1.094	1.007-1.190	0.035

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Table 4. Linear Regression Analysis of Associated Factors with QOL Scores.

From: Health Insurance and Its Psychosocial Correlates in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer in Japan

	Univariable		Multivariable
	B (95% CI)	p-value	B (95% CI)	p-Value
FACT-L total score
Age	0.009 (−0.261 to 0.278)	0.950	0.150 (−0.111 to 0.410)	0.258
ECOG performance status	−8.729 (−11.84 to -5.615)	<0.001	−8.828 (−12.05 to −5.605)	<0.001
Clinical stage of cancer	4.224 (−3.062 to 11.35)	0.254	5.652 (−1.024 to 12.33)	0.096
Private health insurance	7.596 (0.961-14.23)	0.025	3.387 (−3.163 to 9.936)	0.308
SWB subscale score
Age	0.006 (−0.083 to 0.095)	0.893	0.056 (−0.038 to 0.150)	0.240
ECOG performance status	−0.946 (−2.082 to 0.189)	0.102	−0.827 (−1.981 to 0.326)	0.158
Clinical stage of cancer	2.047 (−0.355 to 4.449)	0.094	2.027 (−0.396 to 4.450)	0.100
Private health insurance	2.693 (0.479-4.907)	0.017	2.428 (0.630-4.793)	0.044
EWB subscale score
Age	0.015 (−0.065-0.096)	0.706	0.055 (−0.026 to 0.137)	0.183
ECOG performance status	−1.950 (−2.925 to −0.976)	<0.001	−2.020 (−3.024 to −1.016)	<0.001
Clinical stage of cancer	1.370 (−0.812 to 3.552)	0.216	1.784 (−0.309 to 3.878)	0.094
Private health insurance	2.273 (0.288-4.259)	0.025	1.316 (−0.733 to 3.365)	0.206

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