Electroacupuncture improves psychosocial outcomes in rectal cancer patients with bowel dysfunction

Table 6 Multivariate Cox regression analysis for emotional remission (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale reduction ≥ 3)

Model	LARS score (per 5-point increase)	Body image disturbance (BIS; per 5-point increase)	Self-efficacy (GSES; per 5-point increase)	Social support (PSSS; per 5-point increase)	Sex (male vs female)	Age (per 10-year increase)	BMI (per 1 kg/m2 increase)
Unadjusted
HR	1.36	1.27	0.84	0.80	1.03	1.07	0.96
95%CI	0.87-2.14	0.81-1.99	0.53-1.31	0.51-1.26	0.65-1.65	0.69-1.67	0.83-1.12
P value	0.008	0.034	0.061	0.048	0.889	0.518	0.634
Model 11
HR	1.33	1.24	0.83	0.79	1.05	1.06	0.97
95%CI	0.84-2.10	0.79-1.92	0.51-1.28	0.50-1.23	0.66-1.71	0.68-1.65	0.84-1.13
P value	0.012	0.039	0.066	0.054	0.851	0.525	0.619
Model 22
HR	1.41	1.31	0.85	0.81	1.04	1.08	0.95
95%CI	1.08-1.96	1.02-1.86	0.59-1.27	0.66-1.24	0.64-1.72	0.70-1.73	0.82-1.12
P value	0.016	0.037	0.436	0.294	0.841	0.701	0.593

¹Model 1: Adjusted for sex, age, body mass index.

²Model 2: Further adjusted for Body Image Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Perceived Social Support Scale, and low anterior resection syndrome score.

HR: Hazard ratio; CI: Confidence interval; LARS: Low anterior resection syndrome; BIS: Body Image Scale; GSES: General Self-Efficacy Scale; PSSS: Perceived Social Support Scale; BMI: Body mass index.