Stepwise psychological intervention: Mitigated psychological distress and suicide risk in patients with liver cancer chemoembolization

Table 6 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors influencing psychological distress and suicide risk

Outcome/predictor	B	SE	OR	95%CI	P value
Model 1: Significant psychological distress at follow-up (DT ≥ 4)
Stepped psychological intervention vs control	-1.171	0.478	0.31	0.12-0.78	0.014
Baseline DT score, per 1-point increase	0.392	0.143	1.48	1.12-1.96	0.006
Advanced tumor stage, yes vs no	0.975	0.474	2.65	1.05-6.72	0.040
Good family support, yes vs no	-0.868	0.432	0.42	0.18-0.98	0.045
Model 2: High suicide risk at follow-up (NGASR ≥ 5)
Stepped psychological intervention vs control	-1.309	0.554	0.27	0.09-0.79	0.018
Baseline NGASR score, per 1-point increase	0.476	0.156	1.61	1.19-2.19	0.002
Advanced tumor stage, yes vs no	1.125	0.540	3.08	1.07-8.89	0.037
Good family support, yes vs no	-1.022	0.486	0.36	0.14-0.94	0.036

DT: Distress Thermometer; NGASR: Nurses’ Global Assessment of Suicide Risk; OR: Odds ratio.