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World J Psychiatry. May 19, 2025; 15(5): 104979
Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.104979
Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.104979
Table 1 Participants’ demographic and clinical characteristics (n = 320)
Characteristics | Variable | Frequency | Percent (%) |
Gender | Male | 177 | 55.3 |
Female | 143 | 44.7 | |
Age | 40-49 | 134 | 41.8 |
50-59 | 147 | 45.9 | |
> 60 | 39 | 12.3 | |
Educational level | Primary or below | 87 | 27.2 |
Junior high | 131 | 40.8 | |
Senior high | 61 | 19.1 | |
University or above | 41 | 12.9 | |
Occupational status | Not working | 64 | 20 |
working | 160 | 50 | |
Retired | 96 | 30 | |
Income | Low-income | 154 | 48.1 |
Middle-income | 159 | 49.8 | |
High-income | 7 | 2.1 | |
Marital status | Married | 308 | 96.3 |
Divorced/widowed | 12 | 3.7 | |
Residence | Rural | 144 | 45.1 |
Urban | 176 | 54.9 | |
Cancer stage | Stage I | 36 | 11.2 |
Stage II | 171 | 53.5 | |
Stage III | 68 | 21.3 | |
Stage IV | 45 | 14 |
Table 2 Correlations among uncertainty in illness, social support, coping style and fear of progression
Table 3 Regression results in the chain mediation analysis
Criterion | Predictors | R | R2 | F | Coefficients | β | t | 95%CI |
Social support | Uncertainty in illness | 0.811 | 0.657 | 69.147 | -0.290 | -0.761 | -23.634 | -0.245-0.321 |
Coping style | Uncertainty in illness | 0.805 | 0.648 | 73.362 | -0.162 | -0.421 | -8.643 | -0.221-0.125 |
Social support | 0.406 | 0.411 | 8.243 | 0.323-0.521 | ||||
Fear of progression | Uncertainty in illness | 0.901 | 0.811 | 155.673 | 0.045 | 0.285 | 7.415 | 0.031-0.056 |
Social support | -0.127 | -0.325 | -8.276 | -0.094-0.157 | ||||
Coping style | -0.138 | -0.347 | -9.679 | -0.162-0.111 |
Table 4 Test results of bootstrap mediation effect
Effect relationship | Effect size | Effect ratio | Boot LLCI | Boot ULCI |
Total effect | 0.539 | 0.424 | 0.643 | |
Direct effect | 0.224 | 41.56 | 0.136 | 0.408 |
Total indirect effect | 0.315 | 58.44 | 0.171 | 0.373 |
Uncertainty in illness → social support → fear of progression | 0.128 | 23.81 | 0.045 | 0.153 |
Uncertainty in illness → coping style → fear of progression | 0.115 | 21.25 | 0.048 | 0.157 |
Uncertainty in illness → social support → coping style → fear of progression | 0.072 | 13.38 | 0.045 | 0.120 |
- Citation: Yang YL, Zhang XQ, Yang YQ, Li EM, Zhou B, Gong YW. Relationship between uncertainty in illness and fear of progression among lung cancer patients: The chain mediation model. World J Psychiatry 2025; 15(5): 104979
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v15/i5/104979.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.104979