Predictive role of family dysfunction on psychological morbidity in breast cancer patients

Table 5 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of family dysfunction as a predictor

Variable	β coefficient	SE	Wald χ2	OR (95%CI)	P value
Family functioning variables
Overall family dysfunction	1.178	0.291	16.42	3.247 (1.832-5.756)	< 0.001
Communication dysfunction	1.025	0.274	14.01	2.789 (1.623-4.791)	< 0.001
Role dysfunction	0.851	0.263	10.45	2.341 (1.389-3.947)	0.001
Affective responsiveness dysfunction	0.638	0.252	6.42	1.892 (1.156-3.096)	0.011
Problem-solving dysfunction	0.467	0.267	3.06	1.595 (0.946-2.691)	0.080
Control variables (final model)
Age (≤ 50 years vs > 50 years)	0.587	0.271	4.69	1.799 (1.059-3.057)	0.024
TNM stage (III-IV vs I-II)	0.798	0.276	8.35	2.221 (1.293-3.815)	0.003
Treatment side effects (severe vs mild)	0.689	0.264	6.81	1.992 (1.188-3.340)	0.007
Variables not retained in final model
Education (≤ high school vs > high school)	0.421	0.298	1.99	1.523 (0.849-2.734)	0.158
Employment (unemployed vs employed)	0.487	0.345	1.99	1.627 (0.827-3.201)	0.158
Molecular subtype (triple-negative)	0.567	0.398	2.03	1.763 (0.808-3.847)	0.154
Surgical method (mastectomy vs BCS)	0.423	0.289	2.14	1.527 (0.866-2.690)	0.143

SE: Standard error; OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; TNM: Tumor-node-metastasis-based; BCS: Breast conserving surgery.